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    USC Stem Cell scientists make progress towards engineering tissues
    Wednesday, November 27, 2024
    Genes aren’t the sole driver instructing cells to build multicellular structures, tissues, and organs. In a new paper published in Nature Communications, USC Stem Cell scientist Leonardo Morsut, PhD, and Caltech computational biologist Matt Thomson characterize the influence of another important developmental driver: cell density, or how loosely or tightly cells... Read More »
    $6 million grant drives potential treatment for common cause of vision loss
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024
    The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state’s stem cell agency, has awarded a two-year, $6 million grant to a team at the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics and the USC Roski Eye Institute advancing a new treatment for one of the leading causes of blindness... Read More »
    Keck Hospital of USC earns an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group
    Monday, November 18, 2024
    Keck Hospital of USC earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. This is the ninth “A” grade the hospital has received since 2019. “An ‘A’ grade once again puts Keck Hospital among the safest hospitals in the nation and reflects... Read More »
    Keck Medicine honors veterans
    Monday, November 18, 2024
    On Nov. 11, Keck Medicine of USC celebrated Veterans Day with three events organized by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. At Keck Medical Center, some 40 veterans and medical center leaders gathered together for a catered lunch. Veterans shared stories of their service, including Keck Medicine CEO Rod... Read More »
    Twelve Trojans receive OTAC awards
    Wednesday, November 13, 2024
    Twelve alumni and faculty members of the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy have been named recipients of annual awards presented by the Occupational Therapy Association of California, a non-profit professional society that represents the interests of the more than 15,000 occupational therapy practitioners working in California.... Read More »
    Pandemic-era increase in alcohol use persists
    Tuesday, November 12, 2024
    Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. From pre-pandemic (2018) to the height of the pandemic (2020), heavy alcohol use among Americans rose by 20%, and... Read More »