Neurobiologists at the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute were awarded a four-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to… Read more
Category: research
Pitt and UPMC Experts Share Promising Breakthrough in COVID-19 Drug Development
Before COVID-19 was a widespread concern in the U.S., infectious disease scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC rapidly mobilized to look for a… Read more
Pitt Helping to Create ‘Atlas’ for Human Body
A human adult is made up of trillions of cells invisible to the human eye. And despite modern technology stripping away layers of mystery, our… Read more
CRISPR can Help Combat the Troubling Immune Response Against Gene Therapy
One of the major challenges facing gene therapy – a way to treat disease by replacing a patient’s defective genes with healthy ones – is… Read more
UPMC Data Reveal Important Lessons for Managing COVID-19
At a virtual press briefing today, UPMC leaders Drs. Donald Yealy, Oscar Marroquin and Derek Angus shared the health system’s most recent findings related to… Read more