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Pitt Researchers Identify Agent That Can Block Fibrosis of Skin, Lungs

PITTSBURGH, May 30 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately...

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Some Breast Cancer Tumors Hijack Patient Epigenetic Machinery to Evade Drug...

PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2014 – A breast cancer therapy that blocks estrogen synthesis to activate cancer-killing genes sometimes loses its effectiveness because the cancer takes over epigenetic...

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Regenerative Medicine Improves Muscle Strength and Function in Leg Injuries,...

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2014 – Damaged leg muscles grew stronger and showed signs of regeneration in three out of five men whose old injuries were surgically implanted with extracellular matrix (ECM)...

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Under Our Nose: Supplemental Oxygen Can Make Tumors Shrink, Says New Study

PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2015 – A method of profoundly enhancing some cancer treatments could be right under our noses. A study co-authored by a University of Pittsburgh researcher has shown in an animal...

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Some Breast Cancer Tumors Hijack Patient Epigenetic Machinery to Evade Drug...

PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2014 – A breast cancer therapy that blocks estrogen synthesis to activate cancer-killing genes sometimes loses its effectiveness because the cancer takes over epigenetic...

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Regenerative Medicine Improves Muscle Strength and Function in Leg Injuries,...

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2014 – Damaged leg muscles grew stronger and showed signs of regeneration in three out of five men whose old injuries were surgically implanted with extracellular matrix (ECM)...

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Pitt Researchers Identify Agent That Can Block Fibrosis of Skin, Lungs

PITTSBURGH, May 30 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately...

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A Strategy for Stimulating Heart Muscle Regeneration in Infants, Study Finds

PITTSBURGH, April 1, 2015 – Surgery often is life-saving for many infants born with heart defects, but one thing that doctors cannot do yet is replace heart muscle that is scarred and dysfunctional....

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Pitt Researchers Identify Agent That Can Block Fibrosis of Skin, Lungs

PITTSBURGH, May 30 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately...

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Some Breast Cancer Tumors Hijack Patient Epigenetic Machinery to Evade Drug...

PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2014 – A breast cancer therapy that blocks estrogen synthesis to activate cancer-killing genes sometimes loses its effectiveness because the cancer takes over epigenetic...

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Regenerative Medicine Improves Muscle Strength and Function in Leg Injuries,...

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2014 – Damaged leg muscles grew stronger and showed signs of regeneration in three out of five men whose old injuries were surgically implanted with extracellular matrix (ECM)...

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Under Our Nose: Supplemental Oxygen Can Make Tumors Shrink, Says New Study

PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2015 – A method of profoundly enhancing some cancer treatments could be right under our noses. A study co-authored by a University of Pittsburgh researcher has shown in an animal...

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Computer Simulation Accurately Replicated Real-Life Trauma Outcomes, Says...

PITTSBURGH, May 11, 2015 – A computer simulation, or “in silico” model, of the body’s inflammatory response to traumatic injury accurately replicated known individual outcomes and predicted population...

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A Strategy for Stimulating Heart Muscle Regeneration in Infants, Study Finds

PITTSBURGH, April 1, 2015 – Surgery often is life-saving for many infants born with heart defects, but one thing that doctors cannot do yet is replace heart muscle that is scarred and dysfunctional....

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Pitt Researchers Identify Agent That Can Block Fibrosis of Skin, Lungs

PITTSBURGH, May 30 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately...

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Some Breast Cancer Tumors Hijack Patient Epigenetic Machinery to Evade Drug...

PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2014 – A breast cancer therapy that blocks estrogen synthesis to activate cancer-killing genes sometimes loses its effectiveness because the cancer takes over epigenetic...

View Article

Regenerative Medicine Improves Muscle Strength and Function in Leg Injuries,...

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2014 – Damaged leg muscles grew stronger and showed signs of regeneration in three out of five men whose old injuries were surgically implanted with extracellular matrix (ECM)...

View Article


Under Our Nose: Supplemental Oxygen Can Make Tumors Shrink, Says New Study

PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2015 – A method of profoundly enhancing some cancer treatments could be right under our noses. A study co-authored by a University of Pittsburgh researcher has shown in an animal...

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Pitt Team Gets the Beat, Develops Method of Quantifying Ciliary Movement

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5, 2015 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have figured out how to objectively quantify the beating action of cilia, the tiny, hair-like projections on...

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