In the third installment of NOW, tune in for highlights from the UPMC Mario Lemieux Center for Immunotherapy announcement, an animation explaining the prevalence of… Read more
Category: cancer
What is HPV Cancer?
In mid-August, longtime CBS Pittsburgh reporter and KDKA NewsRadio 1020 AM talk-show host Marty Griffin announced he was being treated for HPV-related throat cancer. At… Read more
Translating a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery into Clinical Therapy
Because of 2018 Nobel Prize-winning research, cancer patients can now receive life-saving immunotherapy that fortifies natural immune defenses to wipe out malignant cells. Today, the… Read more
New Immunotherapy Available at UPMC Hillman Removes all Signs of Cancer in Pittsburgh woman
“It’s a miracle. It’s just a miracle. I don’t know how else to explain it.” That’s how Shari Kienzle describes her life today. Ten months… Read more
Here’s What We Know About CRISPR Safety – and Reports of ‘Genome Vandalism’
A movie just recently released called “Rampage” features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson using a genetic engineering technology called CRISPR, to transform a gorilla, among other… Read more