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Clinical Translation
- Clinical Trials to Begin on Respiratory Support Medical Device
- Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant Survival Rates Improve Using Novel Treatment
- Disparities in Evaluation for Liver Transplantation Noted
- Update of Clinical Experiences in the Artificial Heart Program
- Robotic Systems Help People With Disabilities
- BrainPort Vision Device
- First Paired Kidney Donation Involving a Pediatric Patient Performed
- New Diabetes-Suppressive Cell Vaccine in Local Trial
- Diagnosing Barrett’s Esophagus
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer
- Local Clinical Trial for GERD Treatment Device
- Dr. Brad Keller Touches Hearts in Tibet
- McGowan Institute First Open Meeting
- Gender May Determine Death in Seniors Following Pneumonia
- Depression Drug Clinical Study Participants Do Not Reflect Actual Patient Population
- Gene Mutation May Cause Poor Lung Development in Children
- Successful Hand Transplants Performed
- Study: Tracking Range of Motion Post Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Options for Treatment of Glaucoma Now Available
- Oprah Show Features Regenerative Medicine Work
- Bridging the Gap Between Cancer Research and Foods People Eat
- Dr. Steven Belle Awarded $11 Million Grant to Coordinate the Hepatitis B Clinical Research Network
- Regenerative Medicine Approach May One Day Reconstruct Breasts Following Mastectomy
- Clinical Trial: Gene Therapy Reduces Symptoms in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Reminders for Protecting Your Hearing and Your Voice
- Gender Determines Brain Cell’s Ability to Survive Starvation
- Dr. Lee Named Co-Investigator in C-PORT Cardiovascular Clinical Trial
- Spotlight Series: Emerging Technology--Miniaturized Heart Pumps for Children
- First Paired Kidney Transplant Performed
- Fat Cell Therapy Benefits Man’s Best Friends
- Spotlight Series: Emerging Technology--Miniaturized Heart Pumps for Children
- Spotlight Series: Emerging Technology--Miniaturized Heart Pumps for Children
- U.S. Army Warrior Transition Unit May Be Established in Pittsburgh
- Evolution of New Brain Area Enables Complex Movements
- Regenerative Medicine Clinical Trial: Pittsburgh Protocol for Immunosuppression After Hand Transplant
- Therapy Option for Short Bowel Syndrome Patients
- Regenerative Medicine Success Story: A Tissue-Engineered Trachea
- Telerehabilitation Focus of Recent Virtual Conference
- Grant Received to Improve Survival Rates in Patients with Heart Failure
- Mouse Study: Arsenic in Drinking Water May Increase Risks For Cardiovascular Disease
- 2008 Technology Transfer: Three Start-Up Companies from Pitt Research Efforts
- Effects of Local Intra-Articular Anesthesia Injections on Cartilage
- Robotic Probe Technology Headed for Clinical Surgical Use
- New Artificial Heart in Preclinical Testing in Europe
- New Hemostatic Dressings for Soldiers: Save More Lives and Money
- Chance Encounter May Lead to a Regenerative Medicine Procedure
- Laryngitis: No Laughing Matter
- Children’s Transplant Department Partners with The Children's Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center
- Children’s Hospital Scientists Move to New State-of-the-Art Research Tower
- Nation’s First: Center for Ocular Regeneration and Vision Restoration
- U.S. First: Incisionless Heartburn Surgery
- Berlin Heart EXCOR: Option for Children Awaiting Heart Transplant
- Cardiac Arrest: Don’t Wait to Get Medical Care
- Study: Post-Traumatic Stress Endures Over Time in Family Members of ICU Patients
- Human Engineering Research Laboratories: Wheelchair Design and Use Highlighted
- Dr. Rubin Innovates New Procedures in Body Contouring Work
- Celebrating 10-Year Anniversary of Historic Transplant Surgery
- Composite Tissue Allotransplantation: Today and the Future
- Preeclampsia Study Focuses on Role of Obesity
- Symposium Challenged Conventional Theories About Immunology and Inflammation
- Regenerative Medicine Work to be Featured at Pop!Tech 2008
- New John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center Set to Open in October 2008
- Symposium Focused on Needs of Returning U. S. Armed Services Members
- Pancreatic Research Focus of Recent Annual Meeting
- Cell Phone Use Alert Issued by Head of University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Predictive Patient Safety Technology: Study
- Spotlight Series: Dr. Massimo Trucco
- Fabulous Fat
- Spotlight Series: Dr. Massimo Trucco
- Medical Problems Get Mathematics Help
- Seroma Formation Prevented in an Animal Abdominoplasty Model: Study Results
- Spotlight Series: Dr. Massimo Trucco
- Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients Enjoy Good Quality of Life Years After Surgery
- Spotlight Series: Dr. Massimo Trucco
- Digitizing and Revolutionizing Disease Detection
- Dr. Rubin Announces IFATS New Web Site
- World’s Smallest Heart Pump Under Study
- Upcoming Clinical Trials to Help Validate Theory Behind Alzheimer’s Disease
- Study: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Harder on Men than Women
- New Pediatric Research Center
- Door-to-Balloon Time < 90 Minutes Benefits Heart Attack Patients
- Refocusing Fat: Cosmetic Surgery’s Regenerative Medicine Approach
- New Human Performance Research Laboratory Opened
- Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation: Helping Hundreds
- Funding Boost Received for Pediatric VAD Research
- Pancreatic Cancer Research
- World Voice Day Celebrated
- Pittsburgh Compound-B Provides a Definitive Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease in Living Patients
- ACL Repairs in Children—A New Dilemma
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: How Much Pressure Should Be Applied?
- Annual Boxing Event Raises Funds for the UPMC Cardiovascular Institute
- Study Findings: Addiction Relapse After Transplantation is Low
- Radical Cooling May Save Trauma Victims
- Regenerative Medicine Medical Device Study: Drug-Coated vs. Bare Metal Heart Stents
- Benefits of Initial Temporary Fixation of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Trauma Patients Reported
- A Valentine Story
- Growing Miracles: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Featured on CBS Evening News
- Caregivers Struggle With the Effects of Alzheimer’s
- Advancements in Detecting and Diagnosing Biliary Atresia in Children May Improve Outcomes
- Thoughts on Regenerative Medicine
- International Transplants
- Badylak Lab’s Work Serves as Foundation for Recent Regenerative Medicine Milestone
- Medical Devices Support Pediatric Cardiothoracic Success Story
- Regenerative Medicine Trial Helps Patients With Diabetes
- Regenerative Medicine: Rebuilding Our Bodies
- Gene Therapy Treatments to Help Prevent Fatal Arrhythmias
- Induced Hypothermia May Help Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children
- Earlier Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Permits Earlier Regenerative Medicine Therapies
- Regenerative Medicine Gets Engineering Model Help to Determine Best Timing for Liver Transplant
- Gamma Knife Surgery: Latest Regenerative Medicine Tool
- Regenerative Medicine: Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
- Inauguration of the Clinical Translation Unit: A Regenerative Medicine Facility
- Regenerative Medicine Facility: Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center
- Badylak Lab Featured in Esquire Magazine
- Regenerative Medicine: Successful Double Transplant
- Regenerative Medicine Study Headed by Dr. Lee
- $4.75 Million Grant for Spinal Cord Injury Rehab
- Young Transplant Recipients Enjoy Annual Summer Camp
- Weighing In on the Half-Liver Transplant
- Traumatic Brain Injuries—An Invisible Foe
- Managing Trauma and Cancer Through Diet
- Treating Major Depression and Congestive Heart Failure Simultaneously
- Black Raspberries as Treatment for Cancer?
- Addressing the Needs of Returning Veterans
- Domino Liver Transplant Involving a Pediatric Patient
- Study of Sepsis: Clues to Its Cause and Progression
- Decreasing Door-to-Balloon Time
- Transforming Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
- All in a Week’s Work
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Elderly With Depression May Benefit from Second Medication
- Botox Benefits Prostate
- A Revolution in Heart Transplantation Technology
- Wall Street Journal Highlights McGowan Institute Tissue Engineering
- Research Suggests Optimistic Future for Diabetes Patients
- Stem Cells from Fat Being Studied as Option for Breast Reconstruction
- Dr. Badylak on CNN
- Adult Stem Cells to Repair Hearts
- 20th Anniversary of the Artificial Heart Program
- Salamanders and newts do it, so why not us?
- DARPA Supports Research Toward Realizing Tissue Regeneration
- Assessing an Injectable Engineered Tissue for Cancer Reconstruction
- Clinical Trial Results With Advanced Circulatory Support System Presented
- New Stem Cell Trial in Patients Undergoing Heart Bypass Surgery
- UPMC Health Journal Highlights McGowan Tissue Regeneration Research
- Artificial Heart Program Participates in Clinical Trial
- Novel Stem Cell Trial in Heart Failure Patients to Begin
- Artificial Hearts Move Into Mainstream
- First Heart Failure Patients Ever to Receive Stem Cells in Minimally Invasive Procedure Have Improved Heart Function
- Laying Down the Gauntlet
- Dolphin Quest Enlists University of Pittsburgh Specialist to Develop Custom ‘Scaffold’ for Dolphin’s Tissue Repair
- From the Lab, to Commerce, to the Clinic…
- Profile-Shelley Zomak-Transplant Coordinator
- Adult Stem Cell Injections in Heart Failure Patients Shows Treatment’s Benefit
- Celebrate Life 2003-Reunion of Heart And Lung Transplant Recipients
- Reunion of Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients Brings Patients and Upmc Transplant Team Together