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HIV

  • Amelia Escolano, Ph.D.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Scientists Demonstrate First-Ever Single-Shot HIV Vaccine Neutralization Success

    February 6, 2026

    Scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed an HIV vaccine candidate that achieves something never before observed in the field: inducing neutralizing antibodies against HIV after a single immunization…

  • Jianliang Xu.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Institute Announces the Recruitment of Jianliang Xu, Ph.D., to the HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center

    January 16, 2026

    The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, and infectious disease, has announced the recruitment of Jianliang Xu, Ph.D., to Wistar’s HIV…

  • Vincent Wu.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Institute Recruits Vincent Wu to Join Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center as Caspar Wistar Fellow

    December 9, 2025

    The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, and infectious disease, is pleased to announce the recruitment of Vincent Wu, Ph.D., to Wistar’s Vaccine…

  • Terrence Gore.
    Art

    Defying Dire Prognoses, Philadelphia Artist Credits Art and Nature for His Survival

    December 3, 2025

    Philadelphia artist Terrence Gore believes the healing powers of art and nature have kept him alive, defying a doctor’s prognosis from 20 years ago that…

  • Luis Montaner.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Institute’s New iCure Consortium Aims to Develop Personalized HIV Treatment Strategies 

    October 10, 2025

    A new five-year, $17 million research award has been used to fund and launch Wistar’s new iCure Consortium.   The goal of the iCure Consortium is…

  • Sue Daugherty and others at MANNA's main course event in 2024.
    Nonprofit

    MANNA Celebrating 35 Years of Providing Nutritional Support for Those in Need

    September 18, 2025

    MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance), one of the nation’s leaders in evidence-based nutrition, was founded in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church in…

  • Wistar scientists.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Institute Receives $17 Million NIH Grant for Personalized HIV Cure Research

    August 22, 2025

    The Wistar Institute recently announced the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted it a five-year, $17 million research award to launch iCure Consortium to…

  • Scientists inside lab of HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Institute Opens New HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center

    June 13, 2025

    The Wistar Institute recently celebrated a ribbon cutting for the opening of its new HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center. The vision for the center…

  • People working.
    Health & Fitness

    Medically Tailored Nutrition Improving Health Outcomes, Reducing Costs

    August 20, 2024

    A recently released study says Pennsylvania has the potential to realize the second highest level of health care cost savings in the nation if medically…

  • Dr. Luis Montaner.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Wistar Institute Invests $24M to Open New Center Dedicated to HIV Research

    July 22, 2024

    Wistar Institute has invested $24 million, which will be used on a new center on HIV research, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal.…

  • Camden Apothecary plaque.
    Pharma & Biotech

    New Jersey-based Dispensary Hides $3,000 Worth of Marijuana in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood for Pride Weekend

    May 31, 2024

    While recreational cannabis may not be legal yet in Pennsylvania, a New Jersey-based dispensary has hid $3,000 worth of it — in the form of…

  • Drew Weissman
    Pharma & Biotech

    Drew Weissman, Philadelphia Nobel Prize-Winning Immunologist, Has Various Insights on the Future of mRNA Vaccines, Therapies

    December 2, 2023

    Philadelphia physician and immunologist Drew Weissman, this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner, was instrumental in the development of first COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccine,…

  • Jessica Chappell
    Nonprofit

    Philadelphia Leadership: Jessica Chappell, Executive Director, Safe Harbor of Chester County

    November 2, 2023

    Jessica Chappell, executive director of Safe Harbor of Chester County, spoke to PHILADELPHIA Today about growing up in West Bradford, Chester County, and her lifelong…

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