Nearly 5 million people go to the emergency room for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the U.S. each year. Survivors of TBI may experience physical impairments… Read more
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Stamping ‘License Plates’ on Proteins to Find Better Biomarkers
Blood tests are a convenient and relatively painless way to monitor for disease. But identifying the important molecules to watch for in the blood –… Read more
Ophthalmologists Honored by Pittsburgh’s Eye & Ear Foundation
The Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh, a local non-profit that supports innovative research in the departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology at the University of… Read more
Pitt Researchers Harness Llama Antibodies to Fight COVID-19
At a virtual press briefing today, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced their discovery of tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned… Read more
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