Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is participating in the first-ever clinical trial using stem cells from umbilical cord blood to delay or even prevent heart failure in children born with a rare congenital heart defect that leaves them … Read More »
While researchers know that cerebral small vessel disease, which damages the brain’s smallest blood vessels, is linked to dementia and cognitive impairment, the exact mechanisms are still poorly understood. To help rectify this, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers … Read More »
On January 27, the Keck Medicine of USC Stroke Program and the Nurses of USC once again participated in the Skid Row Carnival of Love.
This annual event provides essential items, services and resources to those experiencing homelessness on Skid Row, … Read More »
USC research sheds new light on how a breakdown in the brain’s vascular system predates the accumulation of toxic plaques and tangles in the brain that bring about Alzheimer’s disease. The research suggests an earlier target for preventing dementia and … Read More »
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are two neurodegenerative diseases with a toxic relationship, according to a new study published in Nature Medicine.
In the study, Yingxiao TK Shi and Shaoyu Sebastian Lin in the laboratory … Read More »
This year’s Broad Clinical Research Fellows will apply stem cell-based approaches to two prevalent problems: non-healing bone injuries, which affect 5 million Americans each year; and neuroblastoma, which is the most common solid tumor in children.
Established by The Eli and … Read More »
In 1995, Veronica Lorenz was first diagnosed with ependymoma tumors in her spine.
“I turned 27 in the hospital,” she said of what would become the first of many surgeries to treat the central nervous system tumors. “I was OK for … Read More »
Six USC School of Pharmacy and Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty members were awarded grants at the STOP CANCER 26th Annual Educational Forum and Research Awards Dinner on Jan. 22, at UCLA Luskin Conference Center.