Recent Research

Cameraman shooting crowd
06.11.20

When deficit-focused reporting fails to tell the full stories of communities of color, newsroom ethics are eroded. 

DNA Strand Artwork. Digital modern painting
06.09.20

What it means for men and their families

Transfusion of human plasma.
06.08.20

Clinical researchers are getting trials to patients with COVID-19 faster than ever. Here are the latest Jefferson trials testing potential COVID-19 therapies.

Transfusion of human plasma.
06.08.20

Clinical researchers are getting trials to patients with COVID-19 faster than ever. Here are the latest Jefferson trials testing potential COVID-19 therapies.

Catheterization. Cardiac ventriculography is a medical imaging test used to determine a patient cardiac function in the right or left ventricle
06.04.20

Preliminary observations suggest a high incidence of COVID-19 in stroke patients, including younger patients who were otherwise healthy. 

05.28.20

A new study finds that restoring the protein SV2 in a genetic form of ALS can correct abnormalities in transmission and even prevent cells from dying, providing a new target for future therapies. 

05.26.20

The discovery further challenges the accepted scientific dogma that the lens is shut out from the immune protection.

3D reconsructed heart from a male rat
05.26.20

An interdisciplinary research team establishes a new technological pipeline to build a 3D map of the neurons in the heart, revealing foundational insight into their role in heart attacks and other cardiac conditions

coronavirus researchers
05.20.20

The vector used in this new COVID-19 vaccine under accelerated development program is a deactivated rabies vaccine that is known to produce a strong immune response, and is approved for the whole population including children and pregnant women. 

Scientist hand showing vial with vaccine in the laboratory. Selective focus on vial in foreground
05.07.20

From harnessing the power of the immune system to understanding the role of gut microbiota in combating COVID-19, Jefferson scientists are doing their part to find a way out of the pandemic

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