University of Pittsburgh News

Using zebrafish, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified and described an enzyme inhibitor that allows them to increase the number of cardiac progenitor cells and therefore influence the size of the developing heart.

The 10-year lease for 144,265 square feet of laboratory and office space starts Oct.

Pittsburgh police said a man was shot in north Oakland, just a few blocks from the University of Pittsburgh's campus.

University of Pittsburgh chancellor Mark Nordenberg sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education expressing concerns about recent action taken by Gov.

ORBCOMM Inc. , a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine communications, today announced that Brian Bell has joined ORBCOMM as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Pennsylvania's latest application for federal stimulus money doesn't include Penn State or the other state-related universities, a move President Graham Spanier wants the U.S. Department of Education to examine.

Donations from two corporations helped propel The Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program beyond its goal of raising $15 million during its first year so that it could make good on an agreement to net a $10 million pledge from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Older people who signed up for Medicare's prescription drug coverage, called Part D, spent more on drugs after enrolling than they had before but less on other types of medical care, researchers have found.

When David Wasser first found the rare images of President Franklin Roosevelt crippled by polio and the old March of Dimes public service announcements featuring Lucille Ball and other famous actors, he knew he had uncovered some visual gems.

The United Steelworkers labor union has joined forces with other Pittsburgh powers trying to make the Group of 20 summit in September a success, even as it plans to protest its policies.

The American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates elected officers, directors, and a member of the Nominating Committee during its annual meeting prior to PT 2009, June 10-13, in Baltimore.

The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Everybody knows that humans' closest animal relatives are chimpanzees. At least, that's been the accepted wisdom among scientists for more than 30 years.

President Barack Obama's face brightened as he looked up and saw his 8-year-old daughter Sasha on the White House's Truman Balcony.

The Pittsburgh police chief says he may need four-times the number of officers he currently has if the city is to provide adequate security during the G-20 summit this fall.

Popular support for Iraq 's democratic institutions is being undermined steadily by official corruption, yet the country has no comprehensive anticorruption law.

As a member of the professional staff of the University of Pittsburgh Dental School Clinic, Dr.

A new study from Bradley Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, as well as two other institutions, adds to mounting evidence that clinicians consider irritability as a symptom when diagnosing pediatric bipolar disorder.

Main Category: Bipolar Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 26 Jun 2009 - 2:00 PDT At the 8th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder this week in Pittsburgh, four distinguished individuals will be honored for their contributions to bipolar disorder research, education and service.

At a community brainstorming meeting yesterday evening, suggestions for the upcoming G-20 summit ranged from setting up a disability hotline to providing delegates with a massage therapy room.