AI Helps Penn Engineers Improve a Gene-Editing Tool, Even with Limited Data AI, In the News, Research and Innovation / September 3, 2026 Penn Engineers used AI to help transform a compact gene-editing protein into a more powerful tool—despite having limited experimental data. Their work also reveals why the best gene editor isn't necessarily the most powerful one. Read More How the Environment Around Collagen Shapes Its Growth In the News, Research and Innovation / September 2, 2026 Collagen helps form the scaffolding of the body’s tissues, but new research shows it doesn’t build those structures alone. Penn Engineers found that the physical properties of the surrounding environment can influence how collagen assembles, with implications for disease and biomaterials. Read More Soluble Signals Released by Neighboring Cells Direct How the Human Kidney is Built In the News, Research and Innovation / August 25, 2026 A new spatial map of the developing human kidney reveals how neighboring cells communicate to guide organ development. Penn Medicine researchers identified IGF2 as a key signal that sustains kidney stem-like cells, offering new insight into how the organ forms and how it might one day be built in the... Read More Scientists Use Force to ‘Write’ Atomically Thin Superconductors In the News, Research and Innovation / August 20, 2026 Penn Engineers and researchers at Princeton develop new mechanochemical technique that transforms an atomic force microscope into a nanoscale manufacturing tool for next-generation electronics. Read More
How the Environment Around Collagen Shapes Its Growth In the News, Research and Innovation / September 2, 2026 Collagen helps form the scaffolding of the body’s tissues, but new research shows it doesn’t build those structures alone. Penn Engineers found that the physical properties of the surrounding environment can influence how collagen assembles, with implications for disease and biomaterials. Read More
Soluble Signals Released by Neighboring Cells Direct How the Human Kidney is Built In the News, Research and Innovation / August 25, 2026 A new spatial map of the developing human kidney reveals how neighboring cells communicate to guide organ development. Penn Medicine researchers identified IGF2 as a key signal that sustains kidney stem-like cells, offering new insight into how the organ forms and how it might one day be built in the... Read More
Scientists Use Force to ‘Write’ Atomically Thin Superconductors In the News, Research and Innovation / August 20, 2026 Penn Engineers and researchers at Princeton develop new mechanochemical technique that transforms an atomic force microscope into a nanoscale manufacturing tool for next-generation electronics. Read More
