Ever since 2005 when he was a cardiology fellow training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Stephen Chan became deeply invested in developing a cure for… Read more
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Pitt Researchers Receive Grant to Study Long-Term Lung Disease
Three Lakes Foundation has selected the University of Pittsburgh and Yale schools of medicine to lead a consortium to accelerate research into understanding and treatments… Read more
Wisconsin Native with CF Finds Silver Lining Through Lung Transplant at UPMC
Bobby Perron, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, spent many years of his life sick from cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes thick mucus to form… Read more
Lifesaving First in Medicine Boosted by Student Research in Hatfull Lab
Last summer, undergraduate research assistant Gabrielle Gentile watched her colleagues in the University of Pittsburgh Hatfull Lab work diligently to identify viruses that could infect and kill… Read more
New Study Demonstrates Importance of Palliative Care Referral in IPF Patients
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal disease caused by thickening and scarring of lung tissue. With an average survival of three to… Read more