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8/25/2010 2:03 PM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
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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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Human Cells Can Copy Not Only DNA, But Also RNA, Say Researchers From Pitt, Heli...

8/10/2010 10:48 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
New Single-Molecule Sequencing Technology Reveals Unusual Classes of Small RNAs
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10 – Single-molecule sequencing technology has detected and quantified novel small RNAs in human cells that represent entirely new classes of the gene-translating molecules, confirming a long-held but unproven hypothesis that mammalian cells are capable of synthesizing RNA by copying RNA molecules directly. The...

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....

Pitt Graduate School of Public Health Receives $1.5 Million to Help Prevent Fall...

7/28/2010 9:16 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, July 28 – A $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) will explore the effectiveness of programs to prevent falls in seniors, which occur in more than one-third of adults 65 and older every year in the United States.

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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...

Circumcising Gay Men Would Have Limited Impact on Preventing HIV Transmission, S...

7/22/2010 5:00 AM EST  -   University of Pittsburgh
VIENNA, Austria, July 22 – Adult circumcision has been proposed as a possible HIV prevention strategy for gay men, but a new study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference suggests it would have a very small effect on reducing HIV incidence in the United States.

Circumcision is thought to reduce the...