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A research team led by Udai Pandey, PhD, identified a protein that may protect against cell death seen in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The work appears in the journal Acta Neuropathologica. Learn More
The magazine analyzes the state of federal support for academic research, and what Art Levine and other medical school deans have to say about it. Learn More
Psychiatry grad student Jennifer Forsyth and her Pitt mentor Peter Bachman, PhD, show in PNAS that enhancing a certain receptor might improve learning and brain plasticity in healthy adults. Learn More
The book about repetitive brain injury in football players is 10th in paperback nonfiction. "Concussion" chronicles the findings of pathologist Bennet Omalu and several Pitt scientists. Learn More
Researchers have seen promising results from tests to reduce a brain protein called alpha-synuclein to slow the progression of some types of Parkinson's disease. Learn More