The 2018 iteration of the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) is accepting innovative project submissions for the annual competition. Created and hosted by the Clinical and… Read more
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Live Life, Give Life: Maryland Pageant Contestant Donates Kidney to Cousin
Stepping onto the stage with the spotlight shining down on her, Lakyn Barnard, a 22-year-old pageant queen from Swanton, Maryland, gazed into the crowd during… Read more
Researchers Address Critical Gap in Lung Disease Care
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive life-limiting lung disease with no known cure, affects approximately 128,000 individuals in the U.S. annually. Average survival for patients… Read more
Pitt Neuroscientist Awarded for Groundbreaking Research on Mind-Body Connection
University of Pittsburgh neurobiologist Dr. Peter Strick has received the American Psychosomatic Society’s 2018 Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine…. Read more
Making Faces: Diving into the Complex Genetics of Facial Appearance
There is overwhelming evidence that our facial features are influenced by our genes. In most cases, one needn’t look much further than one’s own family… Read more