For the first time, scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Caltech have induced natural sensations in the arm of a paralyzed man by stimulating a certain region of the brain with a tiny … Read More »
A day two years in the making, the USC School of Pharmacy’s inaugural Scholarly Project Symposium gave third-year pharmacy students the unique opportunity to present original research projects to an audience of alumni, faculty and staff.
The all-day symposium on March … Read More »
When Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, returned to USC in 2011 after several years at the University of Rochester, a top goal of his was to boost physiology research funding from the National Institutes of Health, or … Read More »
Thinking of trying that trendy diet your friends raved about on Instagram? Before you’re ready to declare the latest celebrity fad the best diet plan, check the science first. While many diets promise quick weight loss, they often have a … Read More »
In the battle to change the public’s perception of aging, Laura Mosqueda, MD, is a strong advocate for toppling some common myths about aging: that older adults are frail, sickly and withdrawn.
“Ageism is really pervasive in our society but when … Read More »
More than 200 volunteers participated in a Keck Medicine of USC emergency preparedness event in preparation of a major disaster.
“We hope it never comes,” said Robert Vance III, safety and emergency management officer at Keck Medicine of USC, “but when it does, we want to … Read More »
Some students are surprised to learn that their gross anatomy professor is a paleontologist — that’s a scientist who studies fossils, right? My research is actually focused on the origins and evolution of humans today, during the period from about … Read More »
Around the globe, dental cavities are the leading source of disability and pain: they affect 35 percent of the world’s population, with an economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Still, the methods for treating cavities generally involve … Read More »
When physicist Richard Feynman died in 1988, he left a message scrawled across his chalkboard: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.” Twenty years later, scientists in a very different field repeatedly invoked his words at the Junior Faculty … Read More »
Can mathematical models predict how can cancer cells respond to varied chemotherapy schedules? In other words, should cancers associated with fast-growing tumors, like brain cancer, be treated using a low drug dose administered continuously, as opposed to a high drug dose … Read More »
On March 30, Thomas Gellhaus, MD, led an obstetrics and gynecology grand rounds stressing that caring for patients does not end in the exam room or the surgical suite. Gellhaus, an obstetrician gynecologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and … Read More »
Sugar gets a lot of bad press, and for good reason. Too much of it increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attack and stroke. And Americans tend to eat a lot of it — more than 60 … Read More »
Physicians and researchers at the USC Roski Eye Institute have collaborated with other California institutions to show that a first-in-kind stem cell–based retinal implant is feasible for use in people with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. The results of … Read More »
A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within minutes. In fact, according to BleedingControl.org, 20 percent of people who have died from traumatic injuries could have survived with immediate bleeding control. Bystander knowledge of proper bleeding control techniques, including … Read More »
Keck Medical Center of USC, which consists of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital received the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm … Read More »
One of today’s strongest activists for ending child poverty recently spoke to an overflow crowd of students, faculty and staff from across USC. Marian Wright Edelman, founder of Children’s Defense Fund, gave the lecture March 29 about the state of … Read More »