Vision-to-Touch Innovation, Pitt Researchers Featured in Documentary Airing on PBS
The doc shows a Pitt-researched device called BrainPort — a set of glasses and a lollipop-like combo that allows people with vision impairments the ability to "see" through touch.
Targeting Immune Cells that Help Tumors Stay Hidden Could Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
The discovery shows that the immune system can be tweaked in order to find and destroy cancer cells more effectively.
Cancer Immunotherapy Expert Appointed Director of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Robert L. Ferris, a 15-year veteran of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, head and neck cancer specialist and a leading voice in immunotherapy, begins July 1.
Researchers Look Beyond the Brain for Answers About Intractable Depression
Someone once told Eve, a teen with severe depression, she just wasn't working hard enough in therapy. Then her doctor, Pitt's Lisa Pan, found that Eve can’t seem to make critical neurotransmitters.

