Verge Genomics, a drug discovery company utilizing genomic data for neuroscience therapeutics, announced today that it is has established a multi-institution industry-academic collaboration with four top universities focused on accelerating the translation of preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis … Read More »
The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has awarded a $495,000 grant to Ite Laird-Offringa, PhD, associate professor of surgery and associate dean for graduate affairs (PhD programs) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Laird-Offringa and her team are investigating … Read More »
“The most important discoveries that I’ve made have all come from nowhere,” said Qi-Long Ying, MD, PhD, associate professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “They could not be planned.”
To foster … Read More »
Los Angeles City officials honored two Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty recently for their public health work in tobacco control, prevention and research that formed the scientific foundation for local policies.
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and 13th … Read More »
Thousands of families from neighboring schools received back-to-school supplies at the USC Health Sciences Campus on Aug. 26. Students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC School of Pharmacy and the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is actively recruiting Hispanics with multiple sclerosis (MS) to participate in a study examining the impact of genetics, acculturation and cultural perceptions on disease severity.
“Very little is known about MS within the Hispanic population, … Read More »
White women whose genetic makeup puts them at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease are more likely than white men to develop the disease during a critical 10-year span in their lives, according to a study headed by Keck School of … Read More »
USC Fit Families is among the dozens of programs that benefit from the Good Neighbors Campaign.
More than 50 community groups have cause to celebrate, as the USC Good Neighbors team has … Read More »
With flu season approaching, the Keck Medicine of USC community is being reminded that flu vaccinations are an important step toward protecting patients and colleagues.
The flu is a contagious respiratory illness that, in serious cases, can result in hospitalization or … Read More »
Cancer metastasis remains a major treatment challenge and a main cause of morbidity and mortality. A widely accepted explanation for this process is called “the seed and soil” hypothesis, which recognizes the need for the cancer cell, or “seed,” to … Read More »
Every 20 seconds, someone in the world loses a limb to diabetes. David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, is working to change that.
Armstrong, professor of clinical surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, joined the faculty in August. He … Read More »
Given his education and work experience, Peleg Winer, a former medic who worked in a research lab at Keck Medicine of USC after obtaining his undergraduate degree in neuroscience, thought that the natural next step for him would be to … Read More »