In episode 31 of NOW, the head of Pharmacy at UPMC Presbyterian introduces UPMC’s creepy healers – medicinal leeches; a father loses more than… Read more
Category: research
New weapons against a painful tropical viral infection identified in mouse study
Those unlucky enough to be infected by the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus (CHIKV) often find themselves debilitated for months or even years by painful joint and… Read more
UPMC-backed Ri.MED Wins High Marks in Research Ranking
In a recent ranking of more than 300 scientific projects submitted for funding to the Region of Sicily in Italy, the Ri.MED Foundation—which includes co-founder… Read more
NIH Awards $16.8 Million to Establish Low Back Pain Research Center at Pitt
More than 80% of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lives. For many of them, that pain becomes chronic, and treatment… Read more
Pitt’s All of Us Pennsylvania Opens Enrollment Center in the Heart of Oakland
The All of Us Pennsylvania Research Program (AoU PA), led by the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute, last week unveiled its latest… Read more