Scientists have long believed that the processes required for embryonic development are recapitulated during the regeneration of damaged body parts, such as fractured bones. In a new study published in Development, USC Stem Cell researchers Sandeep Paul, Simone … Read More »

USC’s May 14 commencement ceremony will mark a beginning, not only for its two-year-old master’s program in the nascent field of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, but also for this program’s second graduating class.

The 35 graduates of the master … Read More »

Every year, approximately 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke, with more than 80 percent surviving and living for decades with some degree of disability. For the first time ever, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) has issued evidence-based strategies to … Read More »

To celebrate the 18th anniversary of the partnership between OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center and the Keck School of Medicine, Pamela B. Schaff, MD, and second-year medical student Stacey Barnett spoke at a medical education salon held on … Read More »

Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai, PhD, DDS, has received $2.1 million to continue research that could one day allow scientists to use stem cells to regrow living tissue.

The five-year grant, funded by … Read More »