New research pinpoints a key cause of metastasis in an aggressive form of brain cancer in children and provides a potential new therapy for treating… Read more
Category: pediatric cancer
Pitt Brain Tumor Expert Awarded Prestigious Research Grant
A University of Pittsburgh expert in aggressive brain tumors is one of five scientists awarded a prestigious 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sontag Foundation…. Read more
Pitt Public Health to Lead Data Coordination in $5.5M Clinical Trial to Test Treatments for Deadly Condition Common in Preterm Infants
In utero, an extra blood vessel called patent ductus arteriosus, or PDA, allows blood circulation to skip the lungs of a developing baby. Normally, either… Read more
Kids, Cancer and Superbugs: Study Investigates How Bacteria Mutate in Vulnerable Patients
Antibiotic-resistant infections – caused by so-called “superbugs” – are a leading threat to human health worldwide and pose a particular risk to people with immune… Read more
UPMC Children’s Hospital: The Transformative Power of Places
“We’re standing in fall. We’re about to go to summer,” says Dr. Andrew Urbach, medical director, Patient Experience and Development, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh…. Read more