There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population – and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough food for a growing global population? How… Read more
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Making Melanoma Immortal: Pitt Scientists Discover Key Genetic Step in Cancer’s Race to Live Forever
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered the missing puzzle piece in the mystery of how melanoma tumors control their mortality. … Read more
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab Receives Funding to Make Homes Safer for Older Adults
More people could soon be aging safely in their own homes, thanks to a federal grant awarded to the University of Pittsburgh to help reduce… Read more
NOW – Episode 68
In our 68th episode of UPMC NOW, we highlight how staff at UPMC Williamsport came together to save a young man’s life; how UPMC Children’s… Read more
Searching for Chemical Clues to Uncurable Depression
When Dr. Lisa Pan, a psychiatrist specializing in treating and preventing suicidal behavior in adolescents, came across the case of a 19-year-old with treatment-refractory depression,… Read more