How Might AI Shape the Future of Work? News / December 8, 2025 Konrad Kording, a computer scientist, and Ioana Marinescu, an economist, have developed an interactive model to generate meaningful predictions about how AI will affect wages, jobs and the overall economy. Read More
National Academy of Medicine Issues Code of Conduct to Guide Health Care’s AI Revolution News / November 12, 2025 Kevin Johnson, David L. Cohen University Professor, contributed to a new report with guidelines on incorporating AI in health care. Read More
Penn BMES Wins National Commendable Achievement Award News / October 30, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has been recognized nationally with the Commendable Achievement Award, the second-highest honor given to student chapters by the national BMES organization. Read More
Tumor-on-a-Chip Offers Insight into Cancer-Fighting Cells in Immunotherapy News / October 27, 2025 For a little over two decades, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has emerged as a powerful new way to treat cancer. By extracting patients’ T cells, re-engineering them to recognize tumor antigens, and infusing them back into the body, physicians have achieved effective treatments for leukemia and lymphoma... Read More
Nanoparticle Blueprints Reveal Path to Smarter Medicines News / October 23, 2025 Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the delivery vehicles of modern medicine, carrying cancer drugs, gene therapies and vaccines into cells. Until recently, many scientists assumed that all LNPs followed more or less the same blueprint, like a fleet of trucks built from the same design Now, in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from... Read More
Clark Foundation Invests $11 Million in the Next Generation of Penn Engineers News / October 21, 2025 The Clark Foundation deepens the program’s mission, opening new pathways for students to grow as engineers and community leaders. Read More
Penn Engineers Unveil Generative AI Model that Designs New Antibiotics News / September 2, 2025 Uniting expertise in AI design and antibiotic discovery, two Penn labs have created a generative model that could redefine drug development. Read More
Reengineering AI to Target “Undruggable” Disease Proteins News / August 13, 2025 A study published in Nature Biotechnology reveals a powerful new use for artificial intelligence: designing small, drug-like molecules that can stick to and break down harmful proteins in the body — even when scientists don’t know what those proteins look like. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for diseases that have... Read More
AI Uncovers New Antibiotics in Ancient Microbes News / August 12, 2025 They’ve survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth’s oldest life forms — microbes called Archaea — are offering a new weapon in the fight against one of today’s most urgent health threats: antibiotic resistance.In a new study published in Nature... Read More
Centuries After Discovery, Red Blood Cells Still Hold Surprises News / August 6, 2025 Red blood cells, long thought to be passive bystanders in the formation of blood clots, actually play an active role in helping clots contract, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. “This discovery reshapes how we understand one of the body’s most vital processes,” says... Read More
