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November 25, 2019
New Study at Temple Shows Extra Virgin Olive Oil Staves Off Multiple Forms of Dementia in Mice

According to research by scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, adding extra virgin olive oil to your diet can help put the brakes on diseases linked to aging.
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November 21, 2019
Honoring Those Who Give Their Bodies to Science

On November 15, hundreds attended the Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s annual Anatomy Donor Celebration to honor the donors who gave the selfless gift of their bodies after death so that students can learn about the structure of the human body – the underpinning of medicine.
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November 18, 2019
Temple-Led Research Team Finds Philadelphia Experienced 46 Neighborhood Mass Shootings Over 10 Years

In a new study published online in the journal Preventive Medicine, a research team led by Temple’s Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, standardized the defining features of neighborhood mass shootings using police department data, then examined media coverage of the shooting incidents.
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November 14, 2019
Temple Researchers Discover Understudied Immune Factors May Be Missing Link in Immune Disease

In new work, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine show for the first time how a trio of immune proteins boosts immune function specifically against herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1). The findings open the door to the development of improved therapeutic strategies against the virus.
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November 11, 2019
Fall Story Slam Is a Study in Vulnerabilities

A night filled with stories from members of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine community — stories about their lives in medicine, their discoveries and disappointments, their humorous moments and heartbreaking ones.
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November 08, 2019
Temple Study Explores Risk of Concussion Among BMX Riders

A team of researchers from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Temple University recently conducted a study on local BMX riders and head trauma.
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November 06, 2019
Honoring Lewis Katz School of Medicine's Top Teachers

On October 3, the Lewis Katz School of Medicine held its 2nd annual Educational Excellence Awards program.
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October 30, 2019
HIV Drug Stops Zika Virus Infection, Same Strategy Could Halt Infections Caused by Related Viruses, Temple Researchers Report

In new work, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University show that repurposing an existing drug to treat viral diseases is in fact possible – potentially bypassing the decades needed to develop a broad-spectrum drug from scratch.
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