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Today, UPMC announced a $10 million gift to The Pittsburgh Promise with an audience of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) seventh graders at Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8. The class of 2028 students cheered as the $10 million gift to The Promise…

Nearly 400 UPMC physicians have been recognized as "Top Doctors" across more than 60 different specialties. The annually published Pittsburgh Magazine “Top Doctors” list is a selection of the region’s top physicians.UPMC doctors represent…

Young babies and newborn mice can naturally heal damage to the bones that form the top of the skull, but this ability is lost in adults. In a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Pittsburgh…

UPMC today unveiled the UPMC Mercy Pavilion, home to the UPMC Vision Institute and UPMC Rehabilitation Institute. Through patient-focused design and innovative technologies, the pavilion is one of the first-of-its-kind in the nation — a…

A paradigm-shifting study published today in Nature Neuroscience shows that, just like humans, monkeys are capable of complex deliberation and careful decision-making. The study is first to show that monkeys can think deeply about a…

In a paper published today in Communications Biology, auditory neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh describe a machine learning model that helps explain how the brain recognizes the meaning of communication sounds, such as…

This spring, 13 UPMC hospitals received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade, the highest achievable safety mark from The Leapfrog Group, a national organization that aims to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers.…

Clifford P. Brangwynne, Ph.D., a Princeton University researcher who launched the “biomolecular condensates” cell biology field, will receive the 2023 Dickson Prize in Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s highest…

Chandan Sen, Ph.D., M.S., a renowned expert in regenerative medicine and pioneer of novel wound care technologies, will join the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC this summer, bringing a large scientific and clinical…

University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a universal receptor system that allows T cells to recognize any cell surface target, enabling highly customizable CAR T cell and other immunotherapies for treating cancer and other…