Do you ever wake up some days and think, “When I was younger, I could survive on just four hours of sleep, but now it… Read more
Tag: biology
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
No Electricity Required – Spontaneous ‘Kiss and Run’ Neuropeptide Release
The brain is an electrochemical device. To process information or change behavior, neurons become electrically active and release chemicals, which travel to other neurons that… Read more
Precision Measurement of Single Cell Forces Provides Window to Study Aortic Disease
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Virginia Tech have developed a technique to study the complex and dynamic mechanical interactions between… Read more
National Tissue Chip Testing Center to be established at Pitt’s Drug Discovery Institute
The University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) is among three institutes in the country to be awarded a grant to establish a new Tissue… Read more