Neuroscience @ PENN Medicine
Searching for Shut-Eye | 
Photo by chromalux | Investigators have long been puzzled about what governs the need for slumber. In a recent study of fruit flies, they have identified a gene that controls sleep. >>Article in Science Magazine *
>>Article in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Stories feature the research of Allan Pack, MD, PhD of the Penn Sleep Center, David Raizen, MD, PhD from Penn's Department of Neurology, and Amita Sehgal, PhD, from the Department of Neuroscience. | | New Models of Neurodegeneration | 
Image courtesy of Virginia Lee | This Nature News feature reappraises the way drugs are tested in animal models of neurodegeneration. >>Article in Nature News *
Virginia Lee, PhD, Director of Penn's Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, is featured. |
Cardiovascular Disease @ PENN Medicine
New Class of Heart Disease Medication | 
Image courtesy of Robert Wilensky | The drug darapladib can inhibit a cholesterol-and-immune-associated protein, reducing the development of heart-disease plaques in an animal model. >>Article from UPI News Service
The story features Robert Wilensky, MD, of the Penn Cardiovascular Institute. | | Breakthroughs with Bee Venom | 
Photo by _skender_ | A honeybee venom toxin is used to study ion channels and their relation to hypertension. >>Article in the Times Online (UK)
The research of Zhe Lu, MD, PhD, Professor of Physiology at Penn, is featured. | |
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