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Michalopoulos Receives 2024 AASLD Distinguished Achievement Award
George K. Michalopoulos, Distinguished Professor of Pathology, School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2024 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Distinguished Achievement Award.
The award honors Michalopoulos’s sustained scientific contributions to the field of liver disease and the scientific foundations of hepatology and recognizes...
New Study Supports Annual Breast Cancer Screening for Women Over 40
Margarita Zuley, professor of radiology, Division of Breast Imaging, School of Medicine and chief of Breast Imaging at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who had regular screening mammograms every year were less likely to have late-stage cancer and had higher overall survival than those who received screening every other year or less often,...
Wounds Are Common Among People Who Use Illicit Opioids, but Proper Wound Care Is Hard To Find
Left to right: Margaret Shang, Raagini Jawa, Ilana Hull
Pitt-Led Research Team Discovers Structure That May Help Fight Stubborn Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infections
From left to right: James Conway, Chang Byeon, Ümit Akbey
A team of researchers led by Ümit Akbey, assistant professor of structural biology, School of Medicine, was the first to discover the amyloid structure of the PSMα1 from the infectious bacteria Staphylococcus aureus by using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM).
The findings, published Aug. 8 in the journal...
New Center for Transcriptional Medicine Seeks Novel Ways to Heal Diseased Organs
The Center for Transcriptional Medicine (CTM), a new interdisciplinary center in the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Pathology, aims to revolutionize the treatment of end-stage organ disease by healing organs rather than waiting for donor organs to become available for transplant.
It brings together 41 researchers from seven universities who are taking a novel...
RxPLORE Summer Camp Helps Teens Learn About the Pharmacy Profession
By: Megumi Barclay and Isabel Doshi
Mixing benzoyl peroxide and polyethylene glycol in a heated beaker might not sound like your typical high school summer camp activity. While it is a way of making lip balm, for Najih, a rising high school junior from Pittsburgh who attended Pitt’s RxPLORE camp in July, this activity served a greater purpose.
Pitt Study Shows Socioeconomic Factors Can Put Black and Hispanic Preeclampsia Patients at Greater Cardiovascular Risk
Patients with preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy or postpartum, can minimize the health risk by seeking regular follow-up care after delivery.
Malamo E. Countouris, assistant professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is the lead author of a recently published national study on the postpartum care of...
Two New Studies Show How Immunotherapies Collaborate to Boost T Cell Responses in Melanoma
Two studies published in the latest issue of the journal Cell by University of Pittsburgh researchers uncover how immunotherapies targeting the immune checkpoints PD1 and LAG3 work together to activate immune responses. The findings shed light on why combination therapies targeting both checkpoints can improve outcomes for melanoma patients compared to monotherapies targeting only PD1....
