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Children’s Hospital Researchers Find Vitamin D May Treat and Prevent Severe Alle...

8/25/2010 11:21 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25 – Vitamin D may be an effective therapy to treat and even prevent allergy to a common mold that can cause severe complications for patients with cystic fibrosis and asthma, according to researchers from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Louisiana State University School of...

Pitt Team Gets Federal Grant to Find New Head and Neck Cancer Drugs

8/19/2010 8:55 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 19 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have been awarded an $800,000 federal grant to develop agents to inhibit a cellular signaling protein that plays a key role in triggering and supporting the growth of many cancers, including cancers of the head and...

Patient Symptoms Are Not Reliable Indicators of Crohn’s Disease Recurrence, Pitt...

8/16/2010 9:34 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16 – The Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI), which relies on patient symptoms to determine whether or not Crohn’s disease is active, may not reliably indicate whether a patient’s disease has returned after corrective surgery, according to a study published in this month’s issue of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

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Leading Lung Disease Epidemiologist Named Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy a...

7/30/2010 9:17 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, July 30 – Juan Carlos Celedón, M.D., Dr.P.H., internationally recognized for his research into genetic and environmental factors that influence lung disease including asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, has been appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Celedón also is a...

IBM and UPMC Partner to Make ‘Smart’ Patient Room Even Smarter

7/28/2010 9:21 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, July 28 – IBM and UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are teaming up to bring “smarter” hospital rooms to patients nationwide. Created by UPMC three years ago to bring the right patient information to the bedside when it’s needed, the high-tech “smart room” now features new capabilities, namely a system for automatically organizing and prioritizing the work of nurses and other caregivers....

One Molecule, Many More Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes

7/28/2010 2:00 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
Pitt Team Finds New Ways to Stimulate, Sustain Beta Cell Replication
PITTSBURGH, July 28 – With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks in a mouse model of diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes...

University of Pittsburgh Convenes Science2010

7/22/2010 11:50 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
Pitt’s 10th Annual Science Showcase, Oct. 7-8, Features ‘Scientists to Watch’
PITTSBURGH, July 22 – The best examples of current, revolutionary biomedical research will converge for the University of Pittsburgh’s landmark 10th annual showcase of science and technology, Science2010: Transformations.

Sessions are scheduled for Oct. 7 and 8 at Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., on Pitt’s campus in Oakland. Admission...

Behavioral Patterns in Infancy Predict Anxiety Levels During Early School Years

7/21/2010 11:17 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, July 21 – Infants with irregular patterns of sleeping, eating and playing were significantly more likely to experience symptoms of anxiety more than a decade later, according to a study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, that is published in...

Leading Expert on Cell Cycle Control to Present Dickson Prize Lecture at Univers...

7/15/2010 11:31 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D., to speak at Science2010: Transformations
PITTSBURGH, July 15 – A leading scientist in the field of cell cycle control will present this year’s Dickson Prize in Medicine Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh’s 10th annual science and technology showcase, Science2010: Transformations. Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D., is one of...

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Only Center in Pennsylvania Participat...

7/12/2010 9:25 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, July 12 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is the only site in Pennsylvania taking part in a Phase III clinical trial of an investigational drug, Ataluren, to treat nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF).

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that causes serious lung infections and digestive complications. Patients with CF lack adequate levels of...