The chance that a person will develop cancer is determined by a mix of hard-wired genetic factors that are inherited and environmental changes that affect… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
New Project Uses Data to Prevent and Better Treat Pain and Addiction
As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate the United States, the country is also battling the entwined epidemic of chronic pain, which affects more than… Read more
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the very first cancer treatment that uses genetically engineered cells as therapy. The treatment is approved for… Read more
Researchers Explore Role of Zinc in How the Brain Processes Sound
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have received a $1.24 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study a previously unknown link between the metal… Read more
How to Safely Watch the Solar Eclipse
The United States will experience a partial – and in some places total – solar eclipse on Aug. 21. This is a rare natural phenomenon… Read more