Hospitals are where people go to get better. But being hospitalized increases the risk of unwanted complications – including infections. And when a vulnerable patient… Read more
Tag: cell 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
Study Reveals a Self-Healing Mechanism for Heart Muscle
Heart failure can occur later in life because the adult heart cannot repair itself after multiple injuries. A new study from the laboratory of Bernhard… Read more
Pitt Research Solving Mystery of Basic Cellular Process is Science Magazine Editors’ Choice
Science Magazine is highlighting a University of Pittsburgh discovery solving the mystery of a basic biological function essential to cellular health in the “‘Editors’ Choice”’ section… Read more