Penn Today

In paleontology, Peter Dodson is a king begetting kings (link is external)
Many people go through a dinosaur phase, which may end around age 5. But Peter Dodson, a paleontologist in the School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Arts & Sciences, in his eighth decade,…

Blocking tumor signals can hinder cancer’s spread (link is external)
For most people who die of cancer, the spread of the initial tumor is to blame. “Metastasis is what kills most cancer patients,” says Serge Fuchs, a professor in Penn’s School of…

Demystifying feline behavior (link is external)
They know their names. We can read their facial expressions, sort of. And some of them really like having us around. These are among the purported findings of recent scientific studies aimed at…