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Pitt is building a molecular brain map to understand Alzheimer’s disease
Less than a decade ago, when Dr. Hansruedi Mathys launched an ambitious project to create an annotated library of all the gene readouts stored within… Read more
When Tumors Collide: Analysis of Mixed-Type Breast Cancer Reveals Complexity
As part of a breast cancer diagnosis, pathologists take cells from a biopsy and check them under a microscope. Most cancerous cells form roundish clumps,… Read more
Dysfunctional Destruction of Cellular Powerhouses is Central to Severe Asthma
For two decades, Dr. Sally Wenzel has worked to bring precision medicine to asthma, publishing extensively on the disease’s many underlying genetic and molecular causes.… Read more
New brain cell atlas offers precision medicine framework for traumatic brain injury treatment
A multidisciplinary group of investigators at the University of Pittsburgh and Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix created an interactive molecular atlas of traumatic brain injury,… Read more