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November

11/6/2008 - University of Pittsburgh University Times 
3 companies started in FY08 based on Pitt innovations

11/5/2008 - University of Pittsburgh Schools of the
Health Sciences Media Relations

Pitt to Host Free Virtual Conference on Telerehabilitation

11/2/2008 - CBS News – 60 Minutes 
Harnessing the Power of the Brain

October

10/31/2008 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 
Radiation exposure drug gets contract

10/29/2008 - University of Pittsburgh Schools of the
Health Sciences Media Relations
 
Pitt Researchers Receive $2.7 Million to Develop Drug That Counters Radiation Exposure

10-29-08 -- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Opening Dedication of the New John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at the New Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Campus in Lawrenceville 

10/27/2008 - Business Week
EADS Unveils Innovative Artificial Heart

10-23-08 -- ABC News
Losing Your Voice: 5 Myths for Remedies

10-22-08 -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Children's Home gives transplant patients dose of family

10-20-08 -- RegenerativeMedicine.net
Pitt's School of Engineering Board of Visitor's Faculty Award Winner: Dr. Anna Balazs

10-17-08 -- Air Force Link
New first-aid products could save lives, officials say 

10-16-08 -- UPMC Media Relations
Redmond woman may get new arms, thanks to a
chance meeting in Chicago
 

10-16-08 -- Market Watch
Major General Gale S. Pollock (Ret) Joins Aetna's Military Health Care Advisory Committee

10-13-08 -- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of
UPMC News Release

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Scientific Director Elected to Prestigious Institute of Medicine

10-9-08 -- RegenerativeMedicine.net
Dr. Philip LeDuc Named Russell V. Trader Career Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering

10-9-08 -- University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health
Sciences Media Relations

Keeping Herpes Infection in Check: Pitt School of Medicine Researchers Describe Immune System Strategies in Science Paper

10-07-08 -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAID Announces 25 New Awards to Develop Radiation Countermeasures

10-6-08 -- RegenerativeMedicine.net
Muscle-Derived Stem Cells May Improve Efficiency of Therapies and Healing

10-3-08 -- University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health
Sciences Media Relations

UPMC Surgeon Constance Chu, M.D., Awarded Albert B. Ferguson, M.D., Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery

September

09-28-08 -- Forbes
Heart Pump Helps Children Waiting for Transplant

9-25-08 -- RegenerativeMedicine.net
Dr. Paul Monga Named Head of Division of
Experimental Pathology

09-24-08 – UPMC Media Relations
UPMC Receives Joint Commission Approval to Provide Ventricular Assist Device Destination Therapy for Heart Failure Patients

09-23-08 -- University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health
Sciences Media Relations

University of Pittsburgh Cardiologist Barry London, MD, PhD, Honored with NIH Pioneer Award for Sudden Death Research

09-22-08 -- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh Researchers Identify Population of Adult Stem Cells Found in Blood Vessels With Broad Ability To Regenerate
Other Tissues

09-22-08 -- University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Post-Traumatic Stress Endures Over Time in Family Members of ICU Patients

09-19-08 -- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Cells That Mediate Steroid-Resistant Asthma Identified by Scientists at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

09-17-08 -- University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health
Sciences Media Relations

Pitt Researchers Receive Nearly $4 Million from NIH for Comprehensive Kidney Research Center 

09-16-08 -- UPMC Media Relations
Incisionless Heartburn Surgery Now Available at UPMC

09-15-08 – UPMC Media Relations
UPMC Eye Center Appoints Gen. Gale Pollock to Head New Center for Ocular Regeneration and Vision Restoration

09-13-08 – Washington Post
Too Few People Know Symptoms of Heart Trouble 

09-09-08 – University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health
Sciences Media Relations
Leading Researcher in Pediatric Liver Cell Transplantation Tapped To Head New University of Pittsburgh Center for Innovative Pediatric Regenerative Therapies

09-09-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Human Engineering Research Labs

09-05-08 McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News
Regenerative Medicine, Biomaterials, Metallurgy, and Nano- and Sensor Technology Focus of Multi-University Collaborative Effort

09-03-08 – University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health
Sciences Media Relations
Pitt Receives $10 Million NIMH Grant for Schizophrenia Research

09-01-08 – Los Angeles Times
Successful face, arm transplants signal wider potential

August 

08-27-08 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News Release
Nation’s First Child To Receive Heart-Double Lung-Liver Transplant Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Historic Procedure at Children’s Hospital 

08-27-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Plastic surgeon is in forefront of fixing skin problems after weight loss 

08-27-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Scientists will share new ideas about the body and disease

08-26-08 – RegenerativeMedicine.net
Dr. Schuman Awarded Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness Organization

08-15-08 – Medical News Today
Role of Obesity in Preeclampsia Studied at University of Pittsburgh

08-15-08 – Carnegie Mellon University Press Release
Hydrogels Provide Scaffolding for Growth of Bone Cells

08-12-08 – RegenerativeMedicine.net
Regenerative Medicine Work to be Featured at Pop!Tech 2008

08-11-08 – Lebanon Daily News
New kids' hospital in Pittsburgh aims to please

08-08-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News

Symposium Focuses on Needs of Returning U. S. Armed Services Members 

08-05-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Program floats science, research careers for students 

08-02-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News

In Tribute to Brack G. Hattler, MD, PhD

July 

07-23-08 – University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute News and Events

Important Precautionary Advice Regarding Cell Phone Use 

07-21-08 – University of Pittsburgh PittChronicle
Six Pitt Faculty Receive NSF Awards

07-16-08 – University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute News and Events
Pitt to Host Annual Pancreatic Research Meeting

07-16-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News
Reducing Antibody Levels in Patients Undergoing Transplantation

07-09-08 – Medical News Today
Hepatitis C Virus May Need Help Of Enzyme To Cause Liver Disease, Pitt Study Finds 

07-08-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News
Fabulous Fat 

07-06-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News
Filling the Shortage of Skilled Biotechnology Technicians

07-02-08 – PR Web
Renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon to be Installed as President of Sports Medicine Society 

07-02-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nursing educator honored for early-warning system for patients 

June

06-30-08 – RegenerativeMedicine.net
Spotlight: Dr. Massimo Trucco

06-26-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Protein in organ donors affects transplant survival, study says

06-25-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Cancer institute partners with German hospital 

06-24-08 – University of Pittsburgh NewsFromPitt
Pitt Team Receives $2.5 Million to Simulate and Analyze Brain, Immune System Activity and Apply Math to Medical Problems

06-19-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News

Seroma Formation Prevented in an Animal Abdominoplasty Model: Study Results 

06-18-08 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Transplant profile: No restriction to this boy's life 

June 16, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Dr. Michael Sacks Named Fellow in the ASME

June 16, 2008 – PRWeb
International Federation of Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS) Launches Web Site

June 16, 2008 – Scientific American
Nanotech to Regrow Cartilage and Soothe Aching Knees

June 5, 2008 – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
GE and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Launch New Company to Digitize and Revolutionize Disease Detection

May

May 29, 2009 – University of Pittsburgh University Times
TissuGlue: One innovator case study

May 28, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Dr. William Wagner Named Fellow in Biomaterials Science and Engineering

05-28-08 – RegenerativeMedicine.net
Monkey Think, Monkey Do With Robotic Arm

May 22, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
World’s Smallest Heart Pump Under Study at UPMC 

05-19-08 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative
Medicine In the News

Burn Therapy: A Regenerative Medicine Approach

May 18, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Harder on Men than Women

May 18, 2008 – New Scientist
Monkey engineered to develop Huntington's disease

May 16, 2008 – UPMC Extra!
Making the Most of Every Minute

May 15, 2008 – The Pittsburgh Channel
Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped, Cured? There Is New Hope

May 10, 2008 – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
CMU students work to improve medical product

May 10, 2008 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News Release
One Year Until the New Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Opens in Lawrenceville

May 5, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Newly Funded Research Program Focuses on Genetic Mutations that Increase Risk for Cancer

April

April 30, 2008 – News from Pitt
Pitt Professor Recognized for Work to Better Understand and Possibly Control the Human Immune System

April 24, 2008 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News Release
Pittsburgh Cancer Researchers Receive NIH Grant To Advance New Brain Tumor Therapies From Lab to Clinical Trials 

April 24, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Refocusing Fat: Cosmetic Surgery’s Regenerative Medicine Approach

April 23, 2008 – EurekAlert!
Menstrual blood -- a valuable source of multipotential stem cells?

April 18, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
McGowan Institute Faculty Members Named 2008 Top-Ranked Physicians

April 18, 2008 - McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
PTEI Supports Regenerative Medicine Education and National DNA Day

April 17, 2008 - Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News Release
Children’s Performs More Liver and Intestine Transplants Than Any Other Pediatric Center and Has One of the Highest Survival Rates Worldwide

April 17, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Science Takes Aim at Battlefield Injury in Massive Project Grant

April 16, 2008 – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Navy SEALs train under Pitt guidance

April 15, 2008 - KDKA
World Voice Day Makes Voice Health (video) 

April 14, 2008 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A cancer leaves few to lobby

April 3, 2008 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News Release
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Involved in Projects To Develop Nation’s First Heart Assist Devices for Young Children

March 

March 2008 – Western Pennsylvania Hospital News
Top Physicians – Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD (page 13)

March 26, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Study Confirms Validity of Pittsburgh Compound-B in Identifying the Toxins Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease 

March 25, 2008 – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Investment and research needed for Pittsburgh to grow

March 14, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Passavant Designated “Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers” 

March 13, 2008 - McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine In the News

McGowan Institute Annual
Retreat Highlights Regenerative Medicine

March 12, 2008 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Growing a heart valve

March 10, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Awards and Accolades: University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements  

March 4, 2008 – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Release
UPMC Surgeon is Fourth Pitt Orthopaedic Doctor in Five Years to Win Highest Honor from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

February

February 29, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Dr. Ermentrout Recognized With Pitt Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award!

February 29, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Drs. Badylak and Sacks Recognized With Pitt Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award!

February 28, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Prestigious National Award Given to UPMC Cancer Centers

February 27, 2008 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Orthopedic researchers meet on new knee technique

February 20, 2008 - McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Dr. Stephen Badylak Named 2008 Inventor of the Year!

February 18, 2008 – The New York Times
A Big-Time Injury Striking Little Players’ Knees 

February 14, 2008 - UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Pitt School of Health and Rehab Sciences Announces New Master’s Program in Prosthetics and Orthotics

February 14, 2008 – McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine In the News

A Valentine Story

February 12, 2008 – Washington Post
Respiratory Distress Treatment Studies Conflict

February 11, 2008 – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Media Relations
Former Substance Abusers Rarely Relapse After Organ Transplantation, Pitt Study Finds

February 11, 2008 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC News Release
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Scientists Identify Possible Target for Prevention and Treatment of Pneumonia

February 11, 2008 – Forbes
Animation

February 10, 2008 – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Boxing match combats heart disease

February 5, 2008 – RegenerativeMedicine.net
Regenerative Medicine Paper Makes Top 10 of Gene Therapy Downloads

February 1, 2008 – McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine In the News
Congratulations, Drs. Badylak and Wagner

January 

January 29, 2008 – USA Today
Breakthroughs in artificial lungs could assist in transplants

January 24, 2008 – University of Pittsburgh School of
the Health Sciences Media Relations

Drug-Coated Stents Perform Better Than Bare Metal Stents in Higher Risk Patients

January 15, 2008 – OrthoSupersite
Allografts for orthopedic surgery safer, but still require caution 

January 13, 2008 – McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine In the News

Badylak Lab’s Work Serves as Foundation for
Recent Regenerative Medicine Milestone

January 11, 2008 – University of Pittsburgh Schools of
the Health Sciences Media Relations

Awards and Accolades: UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Announce Faculty, Staff Achievements

January 10, 2008 – Ortho Supersite
Temporary fixation of major fractures in trauma
patients yields improved results

January 7, 2008 – Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh of UPMC Press Release 

Children’s Hospital Physicians Publish Comprehensive Review of Liver Transplant Issues in Patients with Biliary Atresia 

Winter 2008 – Pittsburgh Quarterly 
The Jet Set 

 

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