When Dr. Sarah Gaffen first opened her laboratory in 1999, the number of peer-reviewed research papers about IL-17 – a family of pro-inflammatory substances secreted… Read more
Category: research
Pitt Scientist Presents on Drug-resistant HIV in PrEP Users at International AIDS Conference
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medicine is highly effective in preventing people from contracting HIV, and the risk of developing a drug-resistant version of the virus while… Read more
TOWAR Study Aims to Improve Mortality Rates for Trauma Patients
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are leading the Type O Whole blood and assessment of AGE during prehospital Resuscitation (TOWAR) Trial in an effort… Read more
Few Doctors Follow Best Practices for Treating Low Back Pain, Even with Reminders, New Study Finds
Up to 80 percent of adults will experience one episode of acute low back pain (LBP) in their lifetime and many of those people will… Read more
Pitt Team Finds Drugs Against SARS-CoV-2 That Could Work if Virus Mutates and COVID-19 Treatments Fail
In February 2020 – when the first alarming reports about a new dangerous virus began to circulate but still weeks before COVID-19 was declared a… Read more