The chemotherapy drug cisplatin can kill cancer, but it can also kill the sensory cells of the inner ear — causing permanent hearing loss. This hearing loss is likely to be more severe in individuals with Cockayne syndrome, according … Read More »
USC’s Health Sciences Campus — home of the university’s two hospitals and medical school, nearly 4,000 staff and faculty and 1,200 students — is undergoing a lot of change.
The 79-acre campus in Boyle Heights, about seven miles from the University … Read More »
USC has been selected by the Association of Academic Health Centers International (AAHCI) to participate in the Aligned Institutional Mission (AIM) program.
The multi-year program is designed to better align clinical care, education, and research at academic health centers with guidance … Read More »
A team of researchers led by Thomas Buchanan, MD, Michele Kipke, PhD, and Jonathan Samet, MD, of the Keck School of Medicine of USC have received a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National … Read More »
Non-mammals such as birds can recover from deafness as quickly as humans can recover from a cut or bruise. In contrast, when humans and other mammals sustain damage to the inner ear’s sensory cells, the resulting hearing loss is permanent.
In … Read More »
A new study has identified a “sunscreen” gene that may help stave off skin cancer.
The team, led by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, found that the “UV radiation Resistance Associated Gene” is a tumor suppressor for skin … Read More »