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In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical community turned to a century-old treatment: Take blood from recovered patients and give it to the sick. The hypothesis was that components in the so-called “convalescent plasma”…

Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) will award the $1 million Magee Prize to an international team of scientists during the Magee-Womens Summit Nov. 16 to 18. The prize will help fund new research initiatives and transdisciplinary…

Northwestern Pennsylvanians have a new opportunity to shape the future of medicine, thanks to the official opening today of the All of Us Pennsylvania Research Program location in Erie. The program aims to enroll 1 million participants…

A UPMC hotline has been established for families and expectant mothers interested in learning more about advanced services for maternity and newborn care and for individuals searching for an obstetrician or gynecologist at UPMC…

UPMC has been named one of the nation’s “Digital Health Most Wired” health systems by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) for the 23rd year in a row—and one of only seven health systems eligible for the…

A free Healthy Living Fair sponsored by the UPMC Outpatient Center on Clairton Blvd. is open to the community. Free parking is available. No registration required. For more information, visit the UPMC Facebook Event page…

As women near menopause, their menstrual cycle length often becomes longer. The timing of these changes could provide clues about a person’s risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study led by University of Pittsburgh…

Scientists have long known that HIV integrates a DNA copy of its genetic information into host cell genes that have the potential to cause cancer. When animals are infected with other retroviruses, those animals often develop cancer. But,…

A collaboration among microbiologists, clinicians and experts on bacterial evolution revealed that, with time, highly adapted bacterial communities in the sinuses of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) become more fragmented and experience…

A novel computational platform developed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine identifies top-performing viral vectors that could deliver gene therapies to the retina with maximum efficiency and precision.The…