At a virtual press briefing today, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced their discovery of tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned… Read more
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UPMC Physicians Evaluate Updated Heart Transplant Allocation Policy
A 2018 change in the policy to allocate hearts for transplantation appears to have come with a trade-off, UPMC physicians reveal today in a new… Read more
What do a mouse, an ocean snail and a sea anemone have in common?
When Bokai Zhu, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at Pitt, started collaborating with a mathematician to solve complex biological problems, he could never imagine that… Read more
Substance Use Disorder Linked to Severe Health Problems in Pregnant Women
Pregnant women who use opioids and amphetamines have a higher risk of severe health problems during pregnancy than women who do not use these drugs,… Read more
Pitt and West Virginia University Coordinate Trial for a Glaucoma Laser Treatment
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. The condition causes damage to the optic nerve resulting in slow, painless vision loss… Read more