Life Sciences
Biology’s century is also Pittsburgh’s. This university is poised to be a catalyst for transformative work in the life sciences.
Biology at work.
Our basic science labs, among the best in the world, are offering new insights into the roots of health and disease. At the other end of the discovery-to-cure pipeline, experts at Pitt are evaluating proposed cures and interventions that eventually come out of such insights. They want to make sure what’s built for patients is safe and effective—and also affordable and accessible.
FEATURED STORY
“Hygiene Hypothesis in a Can”: Study Sheds Light on How Parasites Could Improve Health
Victor Cortez, assistant professor of immunology, School of Medicine, found that injecting mice with IL-25 triggered lasting gut changes, improved immunity, reduced fat and even aided recovery from infections like Salmonella and COVID-19.
Life Sciences Stories
Centers and Institutes, Life Sciences
Teaming Up to Be a Biotech Hub
A partnership that will help cure patients and strengthen Pittsburgh’s life sciences leadership.
Innovation & Commercialization, Life Sciences, Research, School of Medicine
Back in Sight
A bookworm with macular degeneration reads again in promising study.
Life Sciences
Affordability and Access to the Latest Medicines
Pitt BioForge is poised to help manufacture precision biomedical medicine.
Centers and Institutes, Life Sciences
Anchor for the Region’s World-Class Life Sciences Hub
Pitt’s tradition of innovation is channeled toward engineering the future of life sciences, with a focus on translating groundbreaking discoveries into viable products that have the greatest possible impact on patients.
Aging & Lifespan, Basic Science, School of Medicine
Rare Optimism
A fundamental discovery leads to a door to treatment decades later for a little girl with a rare disorder.
Life Sciences, School of Medicine
Study Sheds Light on How Parasites Could Improve Health
“Hygiene Hypothesis in a Can”: Study Sheds Light on How Parasites Could Improve Health.