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José-Alain Sahel Receives 2024 Wolf Prize in Medicine
José-Alain Sahel, MD, Distinguished Professor and Eye and Ear Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the UPMC Vision Institute, received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Medicine together with his colleague Botond Roska, MD, PhD, of the Institute for Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology...
A Pitt partnership established this Kazakhstan medical school, which just earned its first MD accreditation
In Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, there is now a medical school offering a fully accredited four-year medical program with a U.S.-based curriculum, thanks to a longstanding partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. It is the only graduate-level MD program in...
Study Shows How Sickle Cell Disease May Drive Chronic Kidney Disease
A new study by University of Pittsburgh researchers sheds light on how the oxygen-binding molecule heme, which is released from the fragile red blood cells of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, could cause chronic kidney disease, a serious complication that affects more than half of patients with SCD.
Pitt Scientists Solve Structure of Epilepsy Drug Target in the Brain
Matt Martin, Anshu Mittal, and Jonathan Coleman (left to right) in front of the Titan Krios electron microscope at the University of Pittsburgh
While many anti-convulsant medications are available to help more than 50 million people manage their epilepsy, scientists do not know how some of these medications interact with their target proteins in the brain.
Applications Open for Mothers Leading Science
Mothers Leading Science gathering (left to right): Anne-Marie Rick, Amery Treble-Barna, Brooke Klatt, Sarah Belcher
The Mothers Leading Science (MLS) program has opened applications for the 2025 cohort of health sciences researchers who are also mothers of young children.
The year-long program involves group, peer, and individual coaching for 12 women and leadership...
Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour, Pitt Research Finds
With the spread of bird flu, or H5N1 virus, to dairy cattle, new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Emory University in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows that the virus remains stable on commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals.
“Our data supports that...
Pitt and UPMC Researchers Test First Vaccine Targeting Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer
On Thursday morning, June 20, 2024, Maria Kitay, 67, received her final dose of a new vaccine targeting pre-invasive breast cancer. She was the first patient to get the vaccine, developed by Pitt and UPMC researchers, as part of a clinical trial led by Olivera Finn (above), Distinguished Professor of immunology and of surgery in the School of Medicine.
The researchers...
