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Summer 2018

Features

Feast to Famine

When cancer immunotherapy works, it really works—but unfortunately, that’s only for a minority of patients. Greg Delgoffe seems to have figured out a big part of the reason why. Read More >

Out of the Park

A planned immunotherapy center will allow Pitt researchers to “swing for the fences” in the search for new understandings and treatments. Read More >

DNA’s Dark Matter

Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis finds meaning in the dark corners of DNA. Her study results keep surprising people—like how some “junk DNA” is actually able to birth brand new genes from scratch. And Carvunis is just getting started. Read More >

“Today Is a Sunny Day in Pittsburgh.”

R. Mark Richardson suggests deep brain stimulation could help many when medications can’t. Read More >

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Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis uncovers how so-called #junkDNA can birth brand new genes from scratch. @carvunis https://t.co/H9Z1r0SI8o
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“The counterargument is,” Richardson says, “that we’re trying to restore these people’s Identity.” #DBS Read more https://t.co/MJw9tkdbi7
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More than half of all conjoined siblings are stillborn. And generally, mothers in Haiti are 12 times more likely to… https://t.co/VEnGL8VPfu
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When medications no longer help. #deepbrainstimulation https://t.co/MJw9tkuMGH https://t.co/kXcm5PPVYk
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Kurt Weiss plans to find a molecular scalpel for bone cancer. https://t.co/ng9psOAxu3 https://t.co/IPETzlyGp6
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Four diversity and inclusion officers from US med schools and hospitals talk about race, #bias, and otherness in… https://t.co/jj9M8dQX0v