NIH gives $8M to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for myositis research
... Chester V. Oddis, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is principal investigator for the effort, which involves 36 other scientis...Bernese Mountain Dogs prone to Borrelia burgdorferi infection
... Dr Bernhard Gerber and colleagues from the University of Zurich, Switzerland rounded up 160 Bernese Mountain Dogs and 62 control dogs, predominantly from other longhaired, large breeds. They asked owners about their...University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers develop 'off-the-shelf' vascular grafts
TORONTO, June 15 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine investigators have engineered artificial blood vessels from muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) and a biodegradable polymer that exhibit extensive remodeling and remain free of blockages when grafted into rats. The results of their study, which is being presented at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society...University of Pittsburgh researchers culture blood-forming stem cells from human fat tissue
TORONTO, June 14 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have successfully isolated and cultured human hematopoietic stem cells from fat, or adipose, tissue, suggesting that they have found another important source of cells for reconstituting the bone marrow of patients undergoing intensive radiation therapy for blood cancers. They are presenting this ground-breaking rese...University of Pittsburgh scientists find new contributor to aggressive cancers
... Integrin 7 belongs to a major class of cell membrane proteins that play a role in...University of Pittsburgh discovers genetic 'shut down' trigger in healthy immune cells
... "This kind of loss-of-function mutation can be very dangerous, and it is the first such mutation that has been identified in normal immune...What's in the water? Estrogenic activity documented in fish caught in Pittsburgh's rivers
... The study, abstract number 3458, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, April...The sturdier sex? -- Study by Pittsburgh scientists finds female stem cells work better
... ... This finding could have a major impact on the successful development of stem cells as viable therapies for a variety of diseases and conditions, according to the studys sen...Harvard and U. Pittsburgh researchers explain carbon monoxide's anti-inflammatory effects
... According to t...Pittsburgh-based team engineers muscle, bone cell differentiation with aid of ink-jet printer
PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh-based research team has created and used an innovative ink-jet system to print "bio-ink" patterns that direct muscle-derived stem cells from adult mice to differentiate into both muscle cells and bone cells. The results, which could revolutionize the design of replacement body tissues, will be presented Sunday, Dec. 10 at the 46th annual meeting of the American Society...Roger Kornberg to present Dickson Prize lecture at U of Pittsburgh's SCIENCE2006: Feel the Power
... Dr. Kornberg is one of four prominent scientists who will prese...Top jaundice experts present latest treatment information during live Web cast from Pittsburgh
... ... Two of the world's leading experts on this condition will present the latest informati...University of Pittsburgh to host Global Health Conference
... Overcoming such barriers in order to make effective health and human rights interventions more accessible to people her...University of Pittsburgh receives $1.3 million from NIH to develop promising avian flu vaccine
... In January of this year, Pitt researchers reported in the journal Virology that their vaccine, which contains critical components of the deadly H5N1 virus but does not cause disease, completely protected mice and chickens from infection after...Genetic research at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh reinforces theory of evolution
... There are approximately 20,000 pseudogenes in the human and other mammalian genomes. In recent years, there has been growing discussion about the nature of these pseudogenes. The issue centers on whether pseudogenes are functional or merely evolutionary relics with no function. It was long believed by geneticists that they were relics, unti...HIV infection requires B cells with special protein, University of Pittsburgh researchers report
Pittsburgh, July 13 HIV infection of T cells requires activation of a molecule on the surface of B cells, a finding that reveals yet another pathway the virus uses in its insidious attack on the immune system, report University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and School of Medicine researchers in PLoS Pathogens, an open-access journal published by the Public Library of Sci...NIH selects Pittsburgh institute as leader for HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
... ... Sharon L. Hillier, Ph.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and of molecu...Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXIX and Discover Antarctica! come to Edinburgh
OPERATIONAL NOTE NOT FOR PUBLICATION...... PRESS BRIEFING: ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING XXIX AND DISCOVER ANTARCTICA! COME TO EDINBURGH...... EVENT: Press briefing on the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXIX and Discover Antarctica!...... DATE: Wednesday, 24 May 2006...... TIME: 10:00 am UK time...... VENUE: Edinburgh Convention Bureau, 4 Rothesay Terrace, Edinburgh...... From 12-...Founding member of Pitt's Biology Department to be honored in Harrisburg, Pa., ceremony
The year was 1949. The structure of penicillin was determined; the lysosome, a cell structure that breaks down proteins, discovered; and the "strong force," which holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom, first described. ...... Amid these firsts in the fields of biology and physics, Max A. Lauffer became the chair of the newly created Department of Biophysics at the Universi...Experimental vaccine protects nonhuman primates when given after exposure to Marburg virus
A team of U.S. and Canadian scientists has demonstrated the effectiveness of a vaccine in preventing the development of hemorrhagic fever in an animal model after exposure to the deadly Marburg virus. Their findings, published in the April 27 online edition of the British medical journal The Lancet, could have implications for human use. ... ...Marburg virus was first detected in 1967 and was th...NIH awards $13.3 million to Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH--A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh has received a five-year, $13.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a National Technology Center for Networks and Pathways.... ...The center, headquartered at Carnegie Mellon, will focus on developing fluorescent probe and imaging technologies to investigate regul...Pittsburgh researchers discover that certain chemicals in the blood may indicate brain injury
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have found that increased levels of certain proteins in the blood or spinal fluid may signal brain injury in infants with vomiting, fussiness and several other common symptoms. ... ...Infants with shaken baby syndrome (SBS) the most common cause of severe traumatic brain injuries in young children are often misdiagnosed because doctors rarely rec...Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh receive educational grant from HHMI
PITTSBURGH--Carnegie Mellon University, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, has received a prestigious grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to support the development of an interdisciplinary joint doctoral program in computational biology. ......The $1 million grant, one of only 10 awarded from a competition of 132 applicants nationwide, will support the new Ph.D....Edinburgh vet's bid to cut deaths from rabies in Africa
The fatal disease of rabies, which kills thousands of people in Africa and Asia each year, could be dealt a body blow if a new dog vaccination programme in Tanzania proves successful. Dr Sarah Cleaveland, an animal disease expert at the University of Edinburgh, has implemented a project to vaccinate 40,000 domestic dogs annually in the Serengeti, in a move to cut rates of the disease. ... ...Dogs...Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to lead international study of acute liver failure in children
A renowned liver expert from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is leading an international study examining the causes and potential treatments of acute liver failure in children.... ...Robert H. Squires Jr., MD, director of hepatology and clinical director of the Division of Gastroenterology at Children's, is the principal investigator of a five-year, $5.8 million study that was recently funded b...ESA's Epidemio and Respond assist during Angolan Marburg outbreak
World Health Organisation personnel combating an Angolan outbreak of the lethal Marburg virus used high-resolution satellite-based urban maps provided through a pair of ESA-led activities....... The Marburg virus causes Ebola-like internal bleeding in humans, with an incubation period of between five and nine days. A Marburg outbreak was detected in Angola's Luanda city at the start of April. It...University of Pittsburgh gets wired for speed with Apple Xserve G5 cluster
PITTSBURGH, April 13 Every week in the CBS network's new hit series Numb3rs, an FBI agent relies on his math genius brother to find patterns and equations that help to solve crimes. With its new Apple Xserve G5 computing cluster, the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) is solving double-helix puzzles in human genetics every day and faster than a speeding FBI-issue...Carnegie Mellon and U. of Pittsburgh create tool to understand neuron rhythms, learning
A simple, elegant method could enable scientists to predict how groups of neurons respond to one another and synchronize their activity, report a group of investigators at Carnegie Mellon University. Their work, in press with "Physical Review Letters," ultimately could help scientists understand how neurons network with one another in learning and disease. ... The research was conducted at the Ce...Rounduphighly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher
PITTSBURGH--The herbicide Roundup is widely used to eradicate weeds. But a study published today by a University of Pittsburgh researcher finds that the chemical may be eradicating much more than that. ... ...Pitt assistant professor of biology Rick Relyea found that Roundup, the second most commonly applied herbicide in the United States, is "extremely lethal" to amphibians. This field experimen...Clemson's Burg brings 'Era of Hope' to breast cancer research
CLEMSON -- Bioengineer Karen Burg is one of eight recipients of the Era of Hope Scholar Award -- the U.S. Department of Defense's acknowledgement that the Clemson University bioengineer is a rising star among breast cancer researchers whose "creative, high-risk research . . . may ultimately lead to the eradication of breast cancer."... ...Through the Era of Hope program, Burg is expanding h...Brain controls robot arm in monkey, University of Pittsburgh researcher reports at AAAS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 Reaching for something you want seems a simple enough task, but not for someone with a prosthetic arm, in whom the brain has no control over such fluid, purposeful movements. Yet according to research presented at the 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, scientists have made significant strides to create a permanent artificial device...University of Pittsburgh receives award to study new theory of breast cancer development
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 12 Vera S. Donnenberg, Ph.D., a scientist with the University of Pittsburgh, has been awarded $3.6 million by the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) for a project on a new and potentially important target for successful breast cancer therapy the tumor stem cell. ...... Scientists know that normal stem cells have two critical features, the ability t...University of Edinburgh hosts European conference on childhood disability
Experts will gather in Edinburgh this week to examine research and best practice for children with disability and discuss how best to overcome the barriers they face in areas such as learning and mobility....... Delegates to the European Academy of Childhood Disability conference, hosted by the University of Edinburgh, will explore the theme of 'From Evidence to Empowerment', debating the whole s...