
Penn Dental Study Finds Link Between HIV Treatment and Neuronal Degeneration
A study led by Dr. Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pathology, has found certain protease inhibitors as key players in causing neuronal damage.
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A study led by Dr. Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pathology, has found certain protease inhibitors as key players in causing neuronal damage.
Dr. Elliot Hersh, Professor, Dept. of Oral Surgery/Pharmacology, was interviewed by WHYY's The Pulse for a story on opioids and their potential for abuse.
Penn Dental's Dr. Markus Blatz served as Co-Chair of the meeting, bringing together an international panel of experts in the field of prosthodontics.
The fall meeting of the Board took place at the Penn Wharton China Center, Beijing. A forum was also held in conjunction with the meeting on the topic of oral care and dentistry in China.
The program was the first to be presented by Penn Dental through support from Penn’s China Research and Engagement Fund, awarded to the School last year.
The research of third-year student Hassan M. Khan was recognized as a recipient of the AAOMR’s 2016 Charles R. Morris Student Research Award.
The Department of Orthodontics celebrated its 100th Anniversary at this year’s annual Ortho Alumni Day, held October 28 the Union League of Philadelphia. The event drew approximately 240 attendees.
Dr. Blatz, who has worked in materials research for more than 20 years, also presently serves as President of the International Academy of Adhesive Dentistry.
Since isolating unique stem cells from baby teeth, Dr. Shi has been exploring their potential to address everything from treating lupus to growing dental pulp.
Dr. Henry Daniell's lab has designed a software program that converts any given DNA sequence into the sequence preferred by either lettuce or tobacco plants.