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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The Health Sciences Campus community recently presented some of its best and brightest faculty members as part of the array of events celebrating the inauguration of the university’s 12th president. Carol L. Folt, PhD, took the helm at USC in July, but will be formally installed in office on Sept.... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The Keck Medicine of USC bariatric surgery program received two exemplary ratings in the most recent Semiannual Report from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) of the American College of Surgeons. The ratings specifically were for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy procedures, for which the Keck Medicine... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
USC scientists have surmounted a big roadblock in regenerative medicine that has so far constrained the ability to use repurposed cells to treat diseases. The researchers figured out how to reprogram cells to switch their identity much more reliably than present capabilities allow. The technique uses enzymes to untangle reprogramming... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Pamela Walls had been evicted from her rent-controlled apartment after the building was sold. The single mother of a teenage son tried to find a new place, something she found impossible because of rising rent costs. “I never thought that would happen to me,” she said. “I was devastated.” One... Read More »
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Monday, September 16, 2019
Leaders from Keck Medicine of USC and the Keck School of Medicine of USC shared an update recently on the construction projects that affect the Health Sciences Campus. The memo was sent by Rod Hanners, COO of Keck Medicine of USC and CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC, and... Read More »
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Monday, September 16, 2019
E-cigarette use among young adults in the U.S. jumped 46.2% between 2017 and 2018, suggesting that the vaping industry is making inroads among 18- to 24-year-olds as it has among teens. Co-led by scientists at USC, the research provides one of the first published looks at young adult e-cigarette use... Read More »
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
On a sunny, late summer afternoon, Caryn Lerman, PhD, took the stage on the Broad Lawn with a new job: director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. “I feel privileged to be here as the director of USC Norris, one of the very best cancer centers in the world,”... Read More »
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
On Sept. 7, sports medicine physicians and staff from USC Orthopaedic Surgery participated in the Los Angeles Kings 5K/10K event in Redondo Beach to promote the new sports medicine walk-in patient care location inside the Toyota Sports Performance Center. The event kicked off the 2019-20 LA Kings season with more... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
The USC School of Pharmacy was awarded four USC Good Neighbors Grants for 2019–20, helping fund a range of innovative community programs. More than 900 local efforts have been supported through Good Neighbors over the past 25 years thanks to donations totaling more than $25 million from USC faculty, staff and friends.... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Against a backdrop of disappointing Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial outcomes, two researchers are proposing a new approach for future study of the disease. Caleb Finch, PhD, of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Alexander Kulminski, PhD, of Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute have outlined a framework called... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
A USC scientist and colleagues have identified a new species of giant flying reptile that once soared over what is now North America. The creature is similar to the largest pterosaurs known, yet key characteristics gleaned from a cache of bones unearthed in Canada show that it is actually part... Read More »