A protein called STING, previously shown to control a pathway that contributes to antiviral signaling, also plays an important role in cellular stress clearance and… Read more
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Can At-Home DNA Tests Predict How You’ll Respond to your Medications? Pharmacists Explain the Risks and Benefits of Pharmacogenetic Testing
Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what… Read more
How Skin Cancer Virus Outcompetes Host Cell Replication
University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma,… Read more
Fishing for Proteins: Scientists Use New Optical Tweezer Technology to Study DNA Repair
Tucked away in a small, dark room at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Brittani Schnable is on a fishing expedition. Wielding a joystick similar to those… Read more
Pitt Researchers Look to DNA to Better Understand Lupus
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC recently discovered that certain genes contribute to Lupus flare-ups and disease progression, a major step forward in… Read more