One of the Greater Philadelphia region's strengths is its robust science and technology research. This sampling of efforts underway at the area's institutions reveals projects ranging from basic science to cutting-edge technologies in clinical development. Many of the products under development represent part of a growing trend: a shift toward personalized medicine.
Bristol Myers-Squibb: Matching the Drug to the Tumor
Rutgers-Camden Institute to Focus on Integrative Biology
Neuronetics: Magnets in Medicine
Temple University Medical School: : Taking the Bite out of COPD
Absorption Systems: Testing Transporters
University of Pennsylvania Medical School: Drano for the Arteries
Tengion: Building a Better Bladder
Thomas Jefferson University's Kimmel Cancer Center: Need a Cancer Research Edge? Get on the Grid