In August 2015, the Nazarbayev University School of Medicine enrolled its first class of students. Now four years later, that same inaugural class has graduated.… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sudden, Deadly Diagnosis Swiftly Cured with Precision Medicine
In spring of 2017, Marshall Township resident Patrick O’Brien started having pain in his stomach – the kind that makes a person pop antacids without… Read more
Pitt Researchers Awarded $2 Million Grant to Develop Drug for Tinnitus
Tinnitus researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences were awarded a three-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of… Read more
Pitt Brain Institute Scientific Director Receives NIH Award to Map Mind-Body Connections
Dr. Peter Strick, scientific director of the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, has been selected to receive a $6 million, five-year 2018 National Institutes of… Read more
Here’s What We Know About CRISPR Safety – and Reports of ‘Genome Vandalism’
A movie just recently released called “Rampage” features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson using a genetic engineering technology called CRISPR, to transform a gorilla, among other… Read more