Obesity, narcolepsy, leukemia and muscle injuries have at least one thing in common — they are engaging the next generation of top stem cell scientists.
Five of these scientists presented their research March 3 at the Junior Faculty Candidate Mini-Symposium hosted … Read More »
At 8:55 a.m., 167 excited and hopeful fourth-year medical students gathered March 20 in Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad for the annual Match Day, joining 17,000 graduating U.S. medical students who opened envelopes together and learned where they would spend … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Primary Care Physician Assistant Program has risen 50 spots since 2011 and is now ranked 20th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
“This honor demonstrates the commitment that our … Read More »
Amid a heat wave, 250 volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine and other Keck of USC staff offered aid to runners in the annual L.A. Marathon on March 15.
Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, Distinguished Professor and holder of the Flora L. Thornton Chair in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of USC, has dedicated his career to the issue of tobacco use and regulation. That dedication … Read More »
Stephen B. Gruber, director of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, hosted the USC Norris Ambassadors Friends and Family Luncheon on March 12.
Also speaking were two other doctors: Art Ulene, at right above, a longtime broadcast media medical expert, and Stuart … Read More »
Pioneering Keck Medicine of USC scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi, MD, PhD, received congratulations in early March in Salzburg, Austria, from Austrian President Heinz Fischer upon his induction into the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The group of more than 1,700 … Read More »
Resistance of leukemia cells to contemporary chemotherapy is one of the most formidable obstacles to treating the most common form of childhood cancer, known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Now researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and USC have … Read More »
A USC alumnus and his wife are donating $50 million to a USC brain research institute to advance progress in understanding one of biology’s most complex and important puzzles: the brain.
The gift from Mark and Mary Stevens will endow and … Read More »
Almost 300 people were on hand March 7 at Town & Gown of USC to celebrate and raise funds for medical scholarships at the Keck Scholarship Gala. The event raised $290,000.
Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, dean of the Keck School … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC researchers in the lab of Peggy Farnham, PhD, were key participants in the recent publication of a landmark collection of scientific papers related to mapping the DNA and histone modifications in human epigenomes and the ways … Read More »
A prescription drug commonly used to treat age-related vision loss also reverses vision loss caused by diabetes, according to a new study led by investigators from the USC Eye Institute.
Rohit … Read More »
A new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has shown that small intestine grown from human cells replicates key aspects of a functioning human intestine.
The small intestine they developed contains important elements of the mucosal lining and … Read More »
Two physician faculty leaders from Keck Medicine of USC presented their script for living longer and living better on March 5 at the 2015 USC Women’s Conference.
Leslie Saxon, MD, professor of medicine and clinical scholar, and colleague Laura Mosqueda, MD, … Read More »
A deficiency in the protein responsible for moving glucose across the brain’s protective blood-brain barrier appears to intensify the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The research suggests that targeting … Read More »
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is using technology to give patients more freedom and comfort as they wait for appointments.
Clinic 5 recently introduced square pagers similar to the devices handed out to diners waiting for a table at restaurant chains. … Read More »
A new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has shown that neonatal mouse hearts have varying regenerative capacities depending upon the severity of injury.
Using cryoinjury — damaging the heart through exposure to extreme cold in order to … Read More »
It was late September in Oklahoma, and 10-year-old Little League pitcher Alex Coker was taking the mound for the first time since brain surgery.
The sounds of the ballpark surrounded him — a fist hitting a glove, chants of “hey batter, … Read More »
Amid disclosures of data stolen from major companies, some patients may worry that their private medical information is just a few illegal keystrokes away. But patient data is — quite literally — stored under lock and key at Keck Medicine … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC scientists have found a promising new therapeutic target for prostate cancer.
The findings offer evidence that a newly discovered member of a family of cell surface proteins called G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) promotes prostate cancer cell growth. … Read More »
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