As part of a breast cancer diagnosis, pathologists take cells from a biopsy and check them under a microscope. Most cancerous cells form roundish clumps,… Read more
Category: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Nurturing Nature
If you think back to high school biology class, you can likely recall learning about T-cells, the mighty white blood cells that live within the… Read more
Electronic Survey Helps Integrate Exercise as Standard of Care at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
For people living with cancer, exercise can improve quality of life, sleep and energy levels and help with side effects of cancer treatment. And even… Read more
Dogma-Challenging Telomere Findings May Offer New Insights for Cancer Treatments
A new study led by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers shows that an enzyme called PARP1 is involved in repair of… Read more
Repurposed Cancer Drug Could Treat Diabetes by Nudging Pancreatic Acinar Cells to Produce Insulin
In 2016, University of Pittsburgh researchers Dr. Farzad Esni and Dr. Jing Hu did an experiment in mice where they deleted one of two copies… Read more