Pitt BioForge is poised to help manufacture precision biomedical medicine.

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.

A bookworm with macular degeneration reads again in promising study.

Since the Human Genome Project, genetic discoveries have advanced personalized medicine, but genes account for only a small share of health risk. Today, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data are driving precision public health, which integrates genetics, environment and lifestyle to predict and prevent disease at the community level.

Vaughn Cooper and Tim Hand joined a global team of researchers to publish a study in Science warning of the potential dangers posed by mirror bacteria—synthetic organisms with reversed molecular chirality.