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Recent News

Penn Team Identifies Promising New Target to Treat Periodontal Disease

May 20, 2014

Dr. George Hajishengallis and collaborators from Penn Medicine have shown a promising new target, a component of the immune system, for the treatment of periodontitis.


Penn Dental Medicine Faculty Members Receive 2014 Teaching Awards

May 14, 2014

Faculty members were honored for excellence in teaching by the graduating class at the School’s Senior Farewell, held May 13 at The Bellevue.


In the News: A Lettuce Cure

May 8, 2014

Featured in the May/June issue of The Pennsylvania Gazette, is a story on the research of Dr. Henry Daniell, Professor, Depts. of Biochemistry and Pathology.


Dr. Fusun Ozer Receives Rabinowitz Award for Excellence in Research

April 30, 2014

This year’s applications focused on new projects that also involve new collaborations between Penn Dental Medicine faculty.


Oral Medicine Faculty, Residents Play Key Roles at World Workshop, Recogized by AAOM

April 28, 2014

The World Workshop of Oral Medicine and the Annual Meeting of the AAOM were both held in Orlando, Fla., April 6 to 12, 2014.


In the News: Growing Plants to Save Lives

April 10, 2014

Penn Current talks with Dr. Henry Daniell, Professor, Depts. of Biochemistry and Pathology, on his plant-based platform for producing and delivering drugs.


Students Raise over $19.7K for Oral Cancer Foundation through Philly Oral Cancer Walk and 5K

April 1, 2014

This was the sixth year that students in Penn Dental Medicine’s Oral Cancer Society organized the event.


Penn Dental Medicine-NIH Team Reverses Bone Loss in Immune Disorder

March 26, 2014

A study by Dr. George Hajishengallis, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, looked at leukocyte adhesion deficiency patients, who suffer from severe gum disease.


Penn Dental Medicine Study Suggests Cause of Severe Tooth Decay in Toddlers

March 18, 2014

A study by Dr. Michel Koo, Professor, Dept of Orthodontics, suggests early childhood caries may result from an unhealthy partnership between a bacterium and fungus.


Dr. George Hajishengallis to Receive 2014 IADR/AADR William J. Gies Award

The Gies Awards recognize the best papers published in the IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research. Dr. Hajishengallis’ award is in the category of biological research.


In the News: WHYY’s NewsWorks Talks to Dr. Henry Daniell on his Research

March 17, 2014

Dr. Daniell has developed a new technology that relies on plant cells to produce and deliver human therapeutic protiens to treat infectious and inherited diseases.


Penn Dental Medicine Mourns the Passing of Dr. Ellis Golub

January 27, 2014

Dr. Golub, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, first joined the School in 1977. He served as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry from 1996-2003.


Penn Dental Student Brings Oral Health Education to a Gambian Village

Through Penn’s International Internship Program, second-year student Tina Chou spent two months supporting dental care in the rural village of Bwiam, The Gambia.


In the News: Dental Students Expand Outreach Programs for HIV Patients

January 16, 2014

Community honors students discuss with Penn Current a new dental care program they have established with Philadelphia FIGHT, serving people living with HIV/AIDS.


In the News: Lettuce, the New Secret Weapon for Making Vaccines?

December 13, 2013

Dr. Henry Daniell discusses his novel platform for producing and delivering drugs through plants on NPR’s The Pulse with Maiken Scott.


Penn Dental Medicine Building International Ties in Krakow

December 10, 2013

Penn Dental Medicine presented the Global Penn Endo-Perio Symposium, Dec. 6-7, in Krakow and signed a memorandum of understanding with a university there as well.


Study Delivers Proteins Across Blood-Brain Barrier, Degrading Plaques in the Alzheimer’s Brain

December 6, 2013

The lab of Dr. Henry Daniell has successfully paired a receptor that targets neurons with a molecule that degrades the main component of Alzheimer’s plaques,


Penn Dental Medicine Team Identifies Molecule Critical to Healing Wounds

November 15, 2013

A study in the lab of Dr. Dana Graves, Professor, Dept. of Periodontics, has shown the molecule FOX01 integral to wound healing.


Alfred L. Spencer, Jr. Named to Board of Overseers

November 13, 2013

Spencer is a Manager for DuPont, working on productivity processes across the North American manufacturing and the global Safety, Health, and Environmental organization.


PennSmiles Has Area Children Grinning Ear to Ear

October 10, 2013

PennSmiles marked 10 years on providing dental care aboard its mobile dental clinic in 2013. Penn News highlights this vital service learning program.


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