The health care market is failing to support new antibiotics used to treat some of the world’s most dangerous, drug-resistant “superbugs,” according to a new analysis by University of Pittsb... Read more
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University each have been awarded four-year contracts totaling more than $7.2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense ... Read more
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, resulting in high blood levels of glucose. A study publishe... Read more
Team uses 3-D printing to produce human cartilage, offering a potent new research tool and advancing treatment opportunities for osteoarthritis and battlefield injuries In a significant step... Read more
Stem cells derived from human muscle tissue were able to repair nerve damage and restore function in an animal model of sciatic nerve injury, according to researchers at the University of Pi... Read more
“There is no cure for it, and current therapies such as hearing aids don’t provide relief for many patients” An epilepsy drug shows promise in an animal model at preventing... Read more
We can get brain cells, liver cells, muscle cells and more. Stem cells and tissue-specific cells can be grown in abundance from mature mammalian cells simply by blocking a certain mem... Read more
It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLo... Read more
The presence of a certain molecule allows the immune system to effectively police tuberculosis (TB) of the lungs and prevent it from turning into an active and deadly infection The presence... Read more
“This is a spectacular leap toward greater function and independence for people who are unable to move their own arms” Reaching out to “high five” someone, grasping and moving objects of dif... Read more
Image via Wikipedia In an ongoing effort to mirror the ability of biological tissues to respond rapidly and appropriately to changing environments, scientists from the McGowan Institute for... Read more
