Tom AvrilWhat I DoI write about scientific research, the Philly biotech scene, and medical education.(215) 854-2430Newer1234…36OlderThe feds claim a Malvern firm signed patients up for costly, unnecessary heart monitoring. Now it must pay $14.7 million.BioTelemetry was accused of violating the False Claims Act from 2014 to 2020. It later was purchased by Royal Philips N.V. for $2.4 billion.Tom Avril Jan. 5, 2024Link copied to clipboardWeight-loss drugs prompt calls to poison centersTom Avril Dec. 20, 2023Link copied to clipboardThe FDA just approved the first gene-editing treatment, and CHOP played a key roleTom Avril Dec. 8, 2023Link copied to clipboardRegrowing nerves and healing without scars? A Main Line Health scientist’s career-long quest comes closer to fruition.Tom Avril Nov. 26, 2023Link copied to clipboardThese Wharton grads say they can use A.I. to predict the outcomes of drug trials. Chelsea Clinton is among their backers.Tom Avril Nov. 14, 2023Link copied to clipboardPandemic-era misinformation erodes confidence in all vaccines, Penn researchers find in new surveyTom Avril Nov. 2, 2023Link copied to clipboardWhat’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why.Tom Avril Oct. 27, 2023Link copied to clipboardThe 2024 Mummers Parade drew old fans and new and even included a sparkly homage to the undazzling EaglesTom Avril Jan. 1, 2024Link copied to clipboardWhat’s next for CRISPR? A Penn cardiologist wants to edit the genes of people with high cholesterol.Tom Avril Dec. 14, 2023Link copied to clipboardTiny buttons on toys can be hard for children with disabilities. These Jefferson students learned a better way.Tom Avril Nov. 29, 2023Link copied to clipboardMarc Satalof donated 35 gallons of blood in more than 50 years. At 76, the Montco retiree just rolled up his sleeve for the last time.Tom Avril Nov. 16, 2023Link copied to clipboardHow safe is your hospital? See the letter grade for each Philly-area facility in a new national report.Tom Avril Nov. 7, 2023Link copied to clipboardBlack doctors of the Civil War: New book reveals hidden historyTom Avril Oct. 31, 2023Link copied to clipboardDriving simulator predicts which teens are more likely to crash, CHOP study findsTom Avril Oct. 20, 2023Link copied to clipboardPenn’s gene therapy layoffs are the latest in biotech belt-tightening in Philly and beyondTom Avril Dec. 22, 2023Link copied to clipboardMeet Jonathan Epstein, the new interim dean at Penn’s Perelman School of MedicineTom Avril Dec. 13, 2023Link copied to clipboardMore than 260,000 Penn Medicine patients have agreed to share their DNA for research, and the discoveries are just getting startedTom Avril Nov. 29, 2023Link copied to clipboardThe Sixers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. broke his rib when he got hit by a car. Here’s how that injury is treated, and when he might be back.Tom Avril Nov. 15, 2023Link copied to clipboardJim Wilson has 2 new promising gene therapy studies, but says investment in the cutting-edge field has ‘gotten worse’Tom Avril Nov. 6, 2023Link copied to clipboardFentanyl exposure during pregnancy is linked to a new medical syndrome in babiesTom Avril and Aubrey Whelan Oct. 30, 2023Link copied to clipboardNewer1234…36Older
The feds claim a Malvern firm signed patients up for costly, unnecessary heart monitoring. Now it must pay $14.7 million.BioTelemetry was accused of violating the False Claims Act from 2014 to 2020. It later was purchased by Royal Philips N.V. for $2.4 billion.Tom Avril Jan. 5, 2024Link copied to clipboard
The feds claim a Malvern firm signed patients up for costly, unnecessary heart monitoring. Now it must pay $14.7 million.BioTelemetry was accused of violating the False Claims Act from 2014 to 2020. It later was purchased by Royal Philips N.V. for $2.4 billion.Tom Avril Jan. 5, 2024Link copied to clipboard
The FDA just approved the first gene-editing treatment, and CHOP played a key roleTom Avril Dec. 8, 2023Link copied to clipboard
The FDA just approved the first gene-editing treatment, and CHOP played a key roleTom Avril Dec. 8, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Regrowing nerves and healing without scars? A Main Line Health scientist’s career-long quest comes closer to fruition.Tom Avril Nov. 26, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Regrowing nerves and healing without scars? A Main Line Health scientist’s career-long quest comes closer to fruition.Tom Avril Nov. 26, 2023Link copied to clipboard
These Wharton grads say they can use A.I. to predict the outcomes of drug trials. Chelsea Clinton is among their backers.Tom Avril Nov. 14, 2023Link copied to clipboard
These Wharton grads say they can use A.I. to predict the outcomes of drug trials. Chelsea Clinton is among their backers.Tom Avril Nov. 14, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Pandemic-era misinformation erodes confidence in all vaccines, Penn researchers find in new surveyTom Avril Nov. 2, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Pandemic-era misinformation erodes confidence in all vaccines, Penn researchers find in new surveyTom Avril Nov. 2, 2023Link copied to clipboard
What’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why.Tom Avril Oct. 27, 2023Link copied to clipboard
What’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why.Tom Avril Oct. 27, 2023Link copied to clipboard
The 2024 Mummers Parade drew old fans and new and even included a sparkly homage to the undazzling EaglesTom Avril Jan. 1, 2024Link copied to clipboard
The 2024 Mummers Parade drew old fans and new and even included a sparkly homage to the undazzling EaglesTom Avril Jan. 1, 2024Link copied to clipboard
What’s next for CRISPR? A Penn cardiologist wants to edit the genes of people with high cholesterol.Tom Avril Dec. 14, 2023Link copied to clipboard
What’s next for CRISPR? A Penn cardiologist wants to edit the genes of people with high cholesterol.Tom Avril Dec. 14, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Tiny buttons on toys can be hard for children with disabilities. These Jefferson students learned a better way.Tom Avril Nov. 29, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Tiny buttons on toys can be hard for children with disabilities. These Jefferson students learned a better way.Tom Avril Nov. 29, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Marc Satalof donated 35 gallons of blood in more than 50 years. At 76, the Montco retiree just rolled up his sleeve for the last time.Tom Avril Nov. 16, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Marc Satalof donated 35 gallons of blood in more than 50 years. At 76, the Montco retiree just rolled up his sleeve for the last time.Tom Avril Nov. 16, 2023Link copied to clipboard
How safe is your hospital? See the letter grade for each Philly-area facility in a new national report.Tom Avril Nov. 7, 2023Link copied to clipboard
How safe is your hospital? See the letter grade for each Philly-area facility in a new national report.Tom Avril Nov. 7, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Black doctors of the Civil War: New book reveals hidden historyTom Avril Oct. 31, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Black doctors of the Civil War: New book reveals hidden historyTom Avril Oct. 31, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Driving simulator predicts which teens are more likely to crash, CHOP study findsTom Avril Oct. 20, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Driving simulator predicts which teens are more likely to crash, CHOP study findsTom Avril Oct. 20, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Penn’s gene therapy layoffs are the latest in biotech belt-tightening in Philly and beyondTom Avril Dec. 22, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Penn’s gene therapy layoffs are the latest in biotech belt-tightening in Philly and beyondTom Avril Dec. 22, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Meet Jonathan Epstein, the new interim dean at Penn’s Perelman School of MedicineTom Avril Dec. 13, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Meet Jonathan Epstein, the new interim dean at Penn’s Perelman School of MedicineTom Avril Dec. 13, 2023Link copied to clipboard
More than 260,000 Penn Medicine patients have agreed to share their DNA for research, and the discoveries are just getting startedTom Avril Nov. 29, 2023Link copied to clipboard
More than 260,000 Penn Medicine patients have agreed to share their DNA for research, and the discoveries are just getting startedTom Avril Nov. 29, 2023Link copied to clipboard
The Sixers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. broke his rib when he got hit by a car. Here’s how that injury is treated, and when he might be back.Tom Avril Nov. 15, 2023Link copied to clipboard
The Sixers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. broke his rib when he got hit by a car. Here’s how that injury is treated, and when he might be back.Tom Avril Nov. 15, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Jim Wilson has 2 new promising gene therapy studies, but says investment in the cutting-edge field has ‘gotten worse’Tom Avril Nov. 6, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Jim Wilson has 2 new promising gene therapy studies, but says investment in the cutting-edge field has ‘gotten worse’Tom Avril Nov. 6, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Fentanyl exposure during pregnancy is linked to a new medical syndrome in babiesTom Avril and Aubrey Whelan Oct. 30, 2023Link copied to clipboard
Fentanyl exposure during pregnancy is linked to a new medical syndrome in babiesTom Avril and Aubrey Whelan Oct. 30, 2023Link copied to clipboard