Persistent coughing, frequent lung infections, fatigue – these are some of the most common symptoms of cystic fibrosis, a devastating genetic disorder without a cure… Read more
October 2021
NOW – Episode 48
Our 48th installment of UPMC NOW explores how a special partnership aims to eradicate osteosarcoma; spotlights UPMC Harrisburg rolling out the welcome mat and thanking employees… Read more
Pitt Researchers Awarded Over $40 Million to Study Alzheimer’s Disease
For decades, the field of Alzheimer’s disease research was plagued by a dilemma: Scientists and clinicians knew that accumulation of tau protein – tangles of jumbled protein fibers… Read more
Pitt Neuroscientists Will Lead a Multicenter Study to Discover and Treat ALS
University of Pittsburgh neurobiologists received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Transformative Research Award to lead an ambitious $9 million, five-year multicenter effort to identify the molecular and… Read more
Hundreds Gathered at Heinz Memorial Chapel to Remember Orthopaedic Giant Freddie Fu
Robin West stood at the Heinz Memorial Chapel pulpit and admitted to the 450-plus gathered this would be the hardest speech she ever delivered. She… Read more