Summer 2008

  • Etch A Sketch® Inspires Pitt Nanotechnology Discovery
  • UPCI Targets Genetic Mutations That May Cause Cancer
  • Pitt in Top Tier of Public Research Schools
  • Pitt Study on Gender Pay Gap In Pittsburgh Region
  • Pitt Launches Center For Energy
  • Inmate Support Reduces Recidivism
  • The Next Great Thinkers
  • Researchers Uncover Novel Process Of Heart Muscle Contraction

McGowan Institute Gets Key Role in Program to Use Regenerative Medicine To Help Wounded Soldiers

The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, has been selected as one of the leaders of a national $85 million program to use the science of regenerative medicine to develop new treatments for wounded soldiers.

A new federally funded institution—the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM)—will be made up of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research and consortia involving one team led by McGowan and the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., and another led by Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., and the Cleveland Clinic. Each group was awarded $42.5 million. The McGowan-Wake Forest team includes collaborators from 15 other institutions.

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