Transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had HIV to recipients with existing HIV is as safe and as effective as using organs from donors without… Read more
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Pittsburgh’s Free Dental, Vision and Hearing Clinic Seeks Volunteers
For Dr. Daniel Pituch, the number was shocking: UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside treated more than 3,000 patients with dental emergencies in a single year. “I knew… Read more
Nurturing Our Future
UPMC’s Schools of Nursing are more than just educational institutions; they are vital cogs in the machinery that ensures a steady stream of highly qualified… Read more
Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood
Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease. In our recently published… Read more
Fostering Love
Liam Taylor, a social worker at UPMC Passavant, always knew he wanted to be a parent. Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, Liam and his… Read more