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3 hrs ago | Philly.com

Therapy programs patients' own cells to fight cancer

It is vanishingly rare for an experimental treatment to wipe out advanced, recurrent cancer, then keep the disease from coming back.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Genetics, Leukemia

7 hrs ago | Patch.com

1,500 Students, 5,000 Guests Experience Camden County College Commencement

Camden County College held its 45th annual commencement ceremony Saturday under an 18,000-square-foot, event tent on its Blackwood, Gloucester Township campus.

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Related Topix: Camden County, NJ, Blackwood, NJ, Rutgers University, West Deptford, NJ, Moore College of Art & Design

12 hrs ago | RecordNET

Breaking the stranglehold of migrant addiction

Today we go to Indiana, Pa., to catch up with Victor Garcia. The professor has gained international recognition for his research into migrant farm workers.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, Anthropology, Science, Drugs

16 hrs ago | Philly.com

Edward J. Nolen, 80, Penn accountant

Edward J. Nolen, 80, of Cape May, a longtime accountant for the University of Pennsylvania, died of kidney failure on Wednesday, May 15, at St.

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Related Topix: Flourtown, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

Philly.com

Penn professor issues report on historically black universities

A higher education professor at Penn found that historically black universities are becoming more diverse and continue to face challenges.

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Related Topix: Cheyney, PA, Standardized Testing, Education

Patch.com

Incumbent Larry Brown Wants Return to Baldwin Council

No Republicans are on the ballot for Baldwin Borough Council seats during May 21's primary election, but seven Democrats are running for four council seats , including Larry Brown .

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Related Topix: Baldwin, PA

The Florida Times-Union

Mentor helped start Fletcher student on path to Ivy League

One day, when Kerry Burke-McCloud was in seventh grade at Fletcher Middle School, he was called to the office.

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Related Topix: Yale University, University of North Carolina Asheville, Duke University, College of Charleston, Furman University

Live Science

Creating a cloned human embryo

Researchers remove the genetic material from an unfertilized human egg cell in the first step toward creating a cloned human embryo A new stem cell discovery has reawakened controversy about human cloning - though technical challenges mean scientists are far from being able to create human babies as in Michael Bay's 2005 sci-fi flick "The Island." ... (more)

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

CBS Local

Fact Check Friday: Scandals Hit The White House

We call it Fact Check Friday , and we have help from factcheck.org, a nonpartisan non-profit part of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia On Monday, President Barack Obama said, "The IRS, as an independent agency, requires absolute integrity and people have to have confidence that they're applying it ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, US Politics, Barack Obama

Philly.com

Arthur Henshey Moss, 82, lawyer

Arthur Henshey Moss, 82, of Wayne, who practiced law in Philadelphia for 40 years, died Thursday, May 9, of complications from pneumonia at his home.

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Related Topix: Wayne, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Williams College

MediLexicon

Infection And Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Identified Across The US

In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Health

Fri May 17, 2013

Philly.com

Student reprimanded over T-shirt showing gun

John Doerffel never thought his clothes would land him in the internal suspension room for a half-day, but that's what happened to the William Tennent High School senior this week.

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Related Topix: Warminster, PA, Education Etc.

Newswise

Research Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients with Cardiac Arrest and Profound Shock

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government

The Planetary Society

Connecting scientist mentors with students who have the desire to learn

Every scientist has three key experiences that helped them on the road to a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM: 1) being born with a desire to learn; 2) having opportunity to apply STEM principles; and 3) guidance from an effective mentor .

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Education Etc.

The Triangle

Jewish Center will be first of its kind

Drexel University has announced plans to build a new 13,000 square-foot Center for Jewish Life at 118 N. 34th St., according to a May 6 University press release.

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Related Topix: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Science, Industry and Business

PARP inhibitor shows activity in pancreatic, prostate cancers among patients carrying BRCA mutations

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and prostate cancers.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government

Thu May 16, 2013

SF Site

Death Perception by Lee Allen Howard

Lee Allen Howard Lee Allen Howard earned a BA in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Arts, Popular Fiction

ConsumerAffairs.Com

Too much salt is bad but too little may not be good either

ConsumerAffairs' founder and editor, Jim Hood formerly headed Associated Press Broadcast News, directing coverage of major news events worldwide.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Hypertension, Health

Stacy Blackman Consulting

UPenn Wharton School MBA Application Deadlines

The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania has released the application deadlines for the 2013-2014 MBA admissions cycle.

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Related Topix: Eastern Standard Time, Ska

People

Angelina Jolie's Double Mastectomy: What to Know About the 'Faulty' Gene

Angelina Jolie says she underwent a double mastectomy after she found out she carried the "faulty" BRCA1 gene and was told she had an 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Genetics