Much of longevity and aging research focuses on studying extremely long-lived species, including bats, naked mole-rats and bowhead whales, to find genetic changes that contribute… Read more
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New Diagnostic Technique Devised with Data from Perplexing Havana Embassy Neurological Impairment Cases
U.S. Embassy staffers and family members who were mysteriously injured three years ago while stationed in Havana, Cuba, displayed a distinctive pattern of eye and… Read more
UPMC Investigators Participate in ED-INNOVATION Trial as Part of Larger NIH Initiative
UPMC Mercy was selected as one of 30 emergency department (ED) sites across the U.S. to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping… Read more
Pro-Male Bias and Gender Stereotypes May Influence Surgical Performance of Both Men and Women
Surgery is well-documented as a male-dominated field – less than 10% of full professors in academic surgery departments in the U.S. and Canada are women.… Read more
Study Reveals a Self-Healing Mechanism for Heart Muscle
Heart failure can occur later in life because the adult heart cannot repair itself after multiple injuries. A new study from the laboratory of Bernhard… Read more