Imagine a city like Venice, Italy, where boats putter through a network of watery canals transporting people to homes that line the banks and police… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh
Hundreds Gathered at Heinz Memorial Chapel to Remember Orthopaedic Giant Freddie Fu
Robin West stood at the Heinz Memorial Chapel pulpit and admitted to the 450-plus gathered this would be the hardest speech she ever delivered. She… Read more
Pitt Project Preps for Potential Future Pandemics
If we can see the next pandemic coming, there might be an opportunity to stop it – or at least slow the spread, jump start… Read more
Researchers Gaze into Space to Envision Future of Regenerative Medicine
About 250 miles above sea level, a unique laboratory circles the planet. Here in low-Earth orbit on the International Space Station (ISS), gravity’s tug is… Read more
Decades of Immunological Research on IL-17 Crack Genetic Code for Kidney Disease
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