Michael Parmacek
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Penn Medicine Chair & Prof, Heart Doc, Toon spouse, Dad, Phillies and Eagles fan
Another breakthrough at Penn Medicine! This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade
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Opinion | This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opinion/genetic-editing-diseases-health-care.html?smid=bs-share
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Baby KJās father returns to CHOP as a construction worker, building its new patient tower
Kyle Muldoon joined the project in December 2024 while his son's life-threatening genetic condition was being treated at CHOP, where he received a first-of-its-kind gene editing therapy.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/chop-patient-tower-construction-kj-muldoon-20260128.html?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=edit_social_share_bluesky_traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=&utm_term=&int_promo=
4 months ago
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Why cancer can come back years later ā and how to stop it
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Why cancer can come back years later ā and how to stop it
Researchers are targeting dormant tumour cells that might explain why some cancers reappear long after successful treatment.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04149-3
5 months ago
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I was an AI scribe-skeptical doctor. And then I actually tried it.
I am actually a little late to the AI game. You may have already noticed that some of your own doctors are using this technology during office visits.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/expert-opinions/artificial-intelligence-physician-notes-20251024.html?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=edit_social_share_bluesky_traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=&utm_term=&int_promo=
7 months ago
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Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie discussing kickoff of the Lurie Autism Institute at Penn Medicine and CHOP!
8 months ago
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Great Point Lighthouse on Nantucket shot with Leica Q3 28.
9 months ago
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Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicineās new mammogram van will begin Sunday
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Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicineās new mammogram van will begin Sunday
The van will debut at a community health fair in West Philadelphia.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/penn-medicine-mammogram-van-breast-cancer-screenings-20250710.html?utm_medium=referral
11 months ago
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A potentially major advance in the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes pioneered by Vertex and led by Dr. Mike Rickels of @Penn Medicine. Stem CellāDerived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine
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Stem CellāDerived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | NEJM
Zimislecel is an allogeneic stem cellāderived islet-cell therapy. Data on the safety and efficacy of zimislecel in persons with type 1 diabetes are needed. We conducted a phase 1ā2 study of zimisle...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
12 months ago
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Bhattacharya admits there will be fewer clinical trials under proposed budget! Senators push back on Trumpās proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut
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Senators push back on Trumpās proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya faced sharp questions Tuesday about the agency's proposed 2026 budget from Republican and Democratic senators.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/nih-senators-push-back-on-2026-trump-budget-jay-bhattacharya/
about 1 year ago
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Opening Day picnic for a new class of Penn Dept of Medicine interns. Training the next generation of leaders in Medicine!
about 1 year ago
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Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and family donate $50 million to CHOP and Penn for autism institute
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Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and family donate $50 million to CHOP and Penn for autism institute
The purpose of the new Lurie Autism Institute is to expand research already being done at CHOP and Penn, form a global hub for research, and attract more scientists to the field.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/upenn-chop-jeffrey-lurie-autism-institute-20250610.html?utm_medium=referral
about 1 year ago
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The mRNA platform has the potential to cure many autoimmune diseases and cancer! mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target
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mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target
The sharp turnaround on mRNA vaccines shows the unprecedented rise of anti-vaccine activists to power
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/mrna-vaccines-covid-policy-critics-rise-to-power-concerted-attack-on-science/
about 1 year ago
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Plenary speaker at Pennās Dept of Medicine Research Day Dr. Drew Weissman highlighting the potential of mRNA therapeutics to cure lupus, cancer, Sickle Cell disease and to promote equitable access to therapy across the globe. Science is happening at Pennmedicine!
about 1 year ago
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PEPFAR Impact Tracker
Track the impact of PEPFAR funding halt
https://pepfar.impactcounter.com/
about 1 year ago
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Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | New England Journal of Medicine
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Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | NEJM
A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality. U...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2414435
about 1 year ago
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Undermining a PACT ā Federal Cuts at the VA | New England Journal of Medicine
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Undermining a PACT ā Federal Cuts at the VA | NEJM
A 2022 law that expanded treatment for veterans with certain conditions was long overdue. But delivering on its promise depends on VA clinicians and support staff, whose jobs are now at risk.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2504204
about 1 year ago
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Trump and GOPās tax bill would force cuts to Medicare, CBO says
about 1 year ago
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Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | New England Journal of Medicine
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Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM
Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with an estimated 50% mortality ...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2504747
about 1 year ago
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Another life saving therapy pioneered by Penn Medicine and CHOP faculty!
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Baby Is Healed With Worldās First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/health/gene-editing-personalized-rare-disorders.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 year ago
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Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes - The Lancet
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about 1 year ago
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A Message from Dr. Katrina A. Armstrong | Office of Public Affairs
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A Message from Dr. Katrina A. Armstrong | Office of Public Affairs
https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/message-dr-katrina-armstrong
about 1 year ago
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At āStand Up for Scienceā rally, Francis Collins warns major NIH research programs āat severe riskā
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At āStand Up for Scienceā rally, Francis Collins warns major NIH research programs āat severe riskā
At "Stand Up for Science" rallies across the U.S., scientists and their supporters protested Trump administration actions affecting research.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/07/stand-up-for-science-francis-collins-protest-trump-nih-cuts/
over 1 year ago
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Philadelphia Orchestra is all in for E-A-G-L-E-S game tomorrow!
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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Celebrating Barkleyās 2000 yards!
over 1 year ago
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Pioneering Rheumatologist Professor Georg Schett discussing the application of
#CAR-T
cells to treat
#Lupus
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Grand Rounds.
over 1 year ago
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Vikram Paralkar
over 1 year ago
WOOHOO! Liz Traxler, Gerd Blobel, and Junwei Shi's genomewide CRISPR screen to identify novel repressors of HbF was selected for BEST OF ASH!
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#ASH24
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Sankaty Lighthouse seen from across Sesachacha pond.
over 1 year ago
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Max Bari advocating for
#celiac
patients received support from @SenCappelletti and the Commonwealth of PA to fund research for a treatment or cure of celiac disease in the lab of
#Nobel
Prize winner Dr. Drew Weissman and @PennMedicine.
over 1 year ago
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Congrats to Dr. David Fajgenbaum who received the Judson Daland Prize for Clinical Investigation from the American Philosophical Society!
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over 1 year ago
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