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University of Florida researchers are developing a new artificial intelligence tool that will help clinicians identify patients at high risk for opioid use disorder and overdose.

Researchers will use analytical and computational techniques to understand, in detail, how PFAS degrade at each step of the proposed treatment process

While the U.S. recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and states begin the reopening process, the needs of recovering patients in vulnerable populations should be expected to increase, University of Pittsburgh rehabilitation experts say. 

A nasal spray derived from algae and a plant in the tobacco family could offer a preventive measure for COVID-19, per Pitt researchers.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic . When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered through a fingertip-sized patch, produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to be sufficient for neutralizing the virus.

A team at the University of Pittsburgh has creates an engineered, scaffold-based heart valve replacement that relies on internal tissue growth.

University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed the CyteSolutions Lens, a silicone-hydrogel-based contact lens coated with natural biopolymers — organic molecular structures — containing a drug that targets inflammatory dry eye pathways not targeted by any other current treatments.

A multidisciplinary research team at the University of Pittsburgh is developing a testing platform, HIV Detective, to determine in one minute whether patients have HIV, compared to the 24 hours it takes for conventional testing.

Researchers in a growing field known as human performance optimization want to know how we can function at our best even when our circumstances aren’t.

Pitt researchers found that one way to help "break the spell of craving" may be as simple as sniffing a pleasant aroma.