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May 20, 2019
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Joins ‘Time’s Up Healthcare’ as a Signatory Member

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine has joined Time’s Up Healthcare, an initiative of the Time’s Up Foundation, as a signatory member.
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May 20, 2019
Two International Clinical Trials Find Asthma Drug Benralizumab Not Effective in Reducing Exacerbations for Patients with Moderate to Very Severe COPD

New research published online May 20 by the New England Journal of Medicine and co-led by Temple’s Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP shows that the asthma drug benralizumab failed to decrease annual COPD exacerbation rates for patients with moderate to very severe COPD.
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May 17, 2019
Two Catheters Originally Developed by Temple Cardiologist Dr. Riyaz Bashir Receive Premarket Clearance by FDA for Treatment of Blood Clots

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket notification clearance for two catheters invented by Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC, RVT and Nicholas Green. Thrombolex is a company founded in partnership with Temple University to develop these catheter-based clot dissolving devices.
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May 17, 2019
Congratulations, Class of 2019!

If there was a single, overriding message at the 117^th commencement for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, it was this: Don’t lose sight of the personal connections.
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May 09, 2019
The Heart 'Talks' to Fat Cells, Temple Scientists Discover

In the breakthrough paper, Dr. Koch and colleagues show that the heart relies on a cardiac-specific messenger, the signaling enzyme, GRK2, to relay information about metabolism to fat cells.
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April 19, 2019
Celebrating the Impact of Scholarships

A trio of students from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University described the profound impact that receiving scholarships for their medical studies has had on their lives.
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April 11, 2019
Research Team Finds that Philadelphia-Area Hospitals Responded to the Equivalent of 54 Mass Shooting-Type Events in 11-Year Period

Researchers analyzed number of firearm-injured patients that presented in “clusters” within 15 minutes of each other at the same hospital.
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April 04, 2019
Temple’s Dr. Amy Goldberg and Scott Charles to Be Honored at CeaseFirePA Keystone Courage Event

The two will receive this year’s Lighting the Way Forward award in recognition of their advocacy.
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