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The Brain’s Body Map Remains Intact After Amputation

21 August 2025

New research shows the brain’s “body map” stays stable even after limb loss, challenging old views on plasticity. Study published in Nature Neuroscience.

UPMC Salvator Mundi: New Tests for the Diagnosis of TBI

12 August 2025

The Laboratory at UPMC Salvator Mundi International Hospital is expanding its range of services with the introduction of new biomarkers UCH-L1 and GFAP, dedicated to the early diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

ISMETT-UPMC: First Heart Transplant from a Donor after Cardiac Death in Sicily

28 July 2025

For the first time in Sicily, a successful heart transplant from a donor after cardiac death has been performed. Known as a DCD controlled transplant (Donation after Circulatory Death), this is a highly complex procedure that was made possible through the collaboration between ARNAS Civico Hospital and the IRCCS ISMETT-UPMC.