In Memoriam: Gunther Dennert, 78

Former chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Gunther Dennert, PhD, passed away on June 5, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Dennert was widely known and respected for his Read More »

July 18th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

NCI awards $12 million for breast cancer genetics study

A large study headed by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and two other institutions received $12 million in funding to examine why African-American women die at a higher rate from breast cancer and have more aggressive Read More »

July 14th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Research shows friends provide health benefits among youth

As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know. And in the nation’s ongoing fight against obesity, the quality of social relationships with peers and family members might buffer the impact of neighborhood economic contexts.

New findings Read More »

July 12th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Specialty Pharmacy provides high-touch, high-cost medication therapy

USC School of Pharmacy and Keck Medicine of USC have partnered to create a new specialty pharmacy focusing on “high touch, high cost” medication therapy for hepatitis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.

Open in Alhambra since January, the Read More »

July 11th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Fasting-like diet turns the immune system against cancer

A fasting-like diet with chemotherapy strips away the guard that protects breast cancer and skin cancer cells from the immune system, according to a new USC-led study on mice.

The study was published in the journal Cancer Cell on Read More »

July 11th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|