ISMETT Performs World’s First Fully Robotic Right Hepatectomy for...
PALERMO, Italy June 28, 2012 – Physicians at the Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (ISMETT) have performed the world’s first minimally invasive right liver lobe...
View ArticleClinical Milestone: Excellence, Strong Research Help UPMC Reach 3,000 Heart,...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2012 – William Ferry almost never made it to UPMC for the transplant that would eventually save his life. Nervous about a surgery that had been performed so little in 1980, Ferry...
View ArticleLiver Disease and Liver Transplantation Update 2012
On Wednesday, November 28, 2012, this event will feature highlights from the annual meetings of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD); Digestive Diseases Week (DDW); and American...
View ArticleTransplant Effective in Treating Those With Severe Crohn’s Disease, UPMC...
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17, 2012 – Patients suffering from severe Crohn’s disease who were no longer able to tolerate intravenous feedings were able to return to a normal oral diet and saw no clinical...
View ArticlePSC Partners Seeking a Cure Announces Ninth Annual Conference
UPMC is proud to be a sponsorof the PSC Partners Seeking a Cure’s ninth annual conference for physicians and those affected by primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). The conference will be held April 26...
View ArticleUPMC Performs First “Breathing Lung” Transplant on East Coast Using OCS Lung
PITTSBURGH, March 13, 2013 – UPMC surgeons have performed a “breathing lung” transplant using a portable machine that provides a constant supply of blood and nutrients to the donor organs, which...
View ArticlePitt Transplant Experts Challenge Assumption, Describe Biological Pathway...
PITTSBURGH, May 15, 2013 – Transplant researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine challenge a long-held assumption about how biologic pathways trigger immune system rejection of...
View ArticleDendritic Cell Therapy Improves Kidney Transplant Survival in Preclinical...
PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2013 – A single systemic dose of special immune cells prevented rejection for almost four months in a preclinical animal model of kidney transplantation, according to experts at...
View ArticleUPMC Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program Re-Accredited by FACT
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13, 2013 – UPMC CancerCenter’s Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program has been awarded a three-year re-accreditation by the nonprofit Foundation for the Accreditation of...
View ArticleDecellularized Mouse Heart Beats Again after Regeneration with Human Heart...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13, 2013 – For the first time, a mouse heart was able to contract and beat again after its own cells were stripped and replaced with human heart precursor cells, said scientists from...
View ArticleMcGowan Institute Will Co-Direct $75 Million Second Phase of National Effort...
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27, 2013 – The Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) will continue its efforts to apply the latest in tissue engineering and other regenerative medicine techniques...
View ArticleUPMC Performs 100 Lung Transplants for Eighth Consecutive Year
In 2013, the UPMC Lung Transplantation Program performed 100 lung transplants, an achievement that has set apart the program for eight consecutive years. This number exceeds many other transplant...
View ArticleStem-Cell Transplant Patients Followed Closely At New UPMC CancerCenter Clinic
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 17, 2014 – Six months after his transplant for autoimmune hepatitis, stem-cell patient Craig Beary, of Clarion, started experiencing the symptoms of chronic graft vs. host disease...
View ArticleUPMC Patient First in U.S. Implanted with Hemolung Before Lifesaving Double...
PITTSBURGH, July 2, 2014 – Suffering from cystic fibrosis and rejecting the transplanted lungs he had gotten just two years ago, Jon Sacker, 33, came to UPMC from his hometown in Moore, Oklahoma, as a...
View ArticleUPMC Presbyterian Receives Highest National Honor for Organ Donor Enrollment...
PITTSBURGH, July 15, 2014 – UPMC Presbyterian was recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for reaching the gold level of achievement, the highest possible, for conducting...
View ArticleUPMC Clinicians Win Beckwith Institute Grants to Engage Patients, Improve Care
PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2014 –To experiment with changes big and small that might better engage patients and improve health care, The Beckwith Institute recently awarded 11 new grants to UPMC clinicians...
View ArticleNaturally Occurring Antibodies May be Treatment for BK Nephropathy in Kidney...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2014 – A viral infection known as BK that commonly causes kidney transplant dysfunction in patients taking high doses of immunosuppressants may be treated with naturally...
View ArticleSurgical, Other Advances Made at UPMC Improve Graft Survival of Intestinal,...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2014 – Innovations in surgical techniques, drugs and immunosuppression have improved survival after intestinal and multi-visceral transplants, according to a retrospective...
View ArticlePitt Researchers Receive $1.25 Million from Defense Department to Make...
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7, 2014 – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have been awarded $1.25 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to fund two projects that aim to establish...
View ArticleFDA Approves Blood Test Developed by UPMC Researchers to Predict Rejection in...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 5, 2014 – A first-of-its-kind, personalized blood test to predict the likelihood of organ rejection in children with liver or intestine transplants has received U.S. Food and Drug...
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