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Friday, May 8, 2015
USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, is forming partnerships between academia, industry and government to accelerate the development of new treatments for patients with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Ichida’s work will marshal the expertise of pharmaceutical company Sanofi and a startup company, DRVision Technologies, along with $1.5 million... Read More »
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Friday, May 8, 2015
A rodent’s incisors never stop growing. It’s one of the reasons that mice gnaw through cupboards, hamsters chomp mindlessly on metal cage bars, and rats will chew through, well, just about anything. They need to wear down those ever-growing incisors, which, if left unchecked, could grow so long that the... Read More »
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
For many medical students, four years of study go by in a blur of lectures, labs and clinical care. But at Keck School of Medicine of USC, students like Doug Matsunaga have a whole year or more to pursue their dreams of scientific discovery in the Dean’s Research Scholars Program.... Read More »
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
With the goal of enhancing research related to lung disease, the Hastings Foundation has pledged $7.5 million over five years to establish the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR) at Keck Medicine of USC. [caption id="attachment_4130" align="alignright" width="199"] Zea Borok[/caption] The center brings together basic and translational researchers and clinicians... Read More »
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
The Keck Medicine of USC Department of Radiology has been awarded a grant of more than half a million dollars to provide free lung cancer screening via low-dose CT scans for residents of some of the poorest communities in Los Angeles County. The $503,560 in funding from the California Community... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
The USC Abdominal Transplant team completed its first paired kidney transplant on April 24, successfully transplanting a kidney obtained through an exchange with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore into a patient at Keck Medical Center. In a paired kidney exchange, also known as a “kidney swap,” a living kidney donor... Read More »
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Monday, May 4, 2015
When it comes to sweeteners, one indulgence makes our brains predisposed to do it again, according to a new study by researchers at Keck Medicine of USC. [caption id="attachment_4019" align="alignright" width="150"] Researcher Kathleen Page, MD, assistant professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC[/caption] In a paper... Read More »
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Friday, May 1, 2015
Keck Medicine of USC is joining with the Demeter, Hubanks and Stoneman Otolaryngology Practice to form USC Otolaryngology Associates in the communities of La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale. As part of the USC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the practice becomes part of a world-class team that offers medical... Read More »
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Friday, May 1, 2015
Characterizing associations between socioeconomic factors and children’s brain development, a team including investigators from nine universities across the country reports correlative links between family income and brain structure. Relationships between the brain and family income were strongest in the lowest end of the economic range – suggesting that interventional policies... Read More »
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
A Los Angeles-area health care executive with significant experience in health systems leadership has been appointed as the chief operating officer of Keck Medicine of USC. Rod Hanners will also serve as CEO of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, effective June 15. Hanners formerly worked for... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Wednesday, May 6 Nursing Awards Reception: Celebrate yourself and your colleagues as we recognize all your hard work. 2:30 p.m., Hoffman Café at Keck Hospital Thursday, May 7 Nursing Excellence Fair: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 9 – 11 p.m., Silver Room, 1st Floor, Norris Inpatient Tower Friday, May... Read More »