Stem cell expert finds atypical partners for ALS research

USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, is forming partnerships between academia, industry and government to accelerate the development of new treatments for patients with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Ichida’s work will marshal the expertise of pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Read More »

May 8th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

One step closer to natural tooth restorations

A rodent’s incisors never stop growing.

It’s one of the reasons that mice gnaw through cupboards, hamsters chomp mindlessly on metal cage bars, and rats will chew through, well, just about anything. They need to wear down those ever-growing incisors, which, Read More »

May 8th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Dean’s Scholar gets a first-hand look into ophthalmology career

For many medical students, four years of study go by in a blur of lectures, labs and clinical care. But at Keck School of Medicine of USC, students like Doug Matsunaga have a whole year or more to pursue their Read More »

May 7th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Gift of $7.5 million establishes Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research

With the goal of enhancing research related to lung disease, the Hastings Foundation has pledged $7.5 million over five years to establish the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR) at Keck Medicine of USC.

Zea BorokRead More »

May 7th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Radiology grant to fund lung cancer screenings in parts of L.A. County

The Keck Medicine of USC Department of Radiology has been awarded a grant of more than half a million dollars to provide free lung cancer screening via low-dose CT scans for residents of some of the poorest communities in Los Read More »

May 7th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|