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Friday, April 10, 2015
Researchers at USC have discovered which stem cells are responsible for the growth of craniofacial bones in mice — a finding that could have a profound impact on the understanding and treatment of craniosynostosis, a birth defect that can lead to an array of physical and intellectual disabilities in humans.... Read More »
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Thursday, April 9, 2015
Neuroscientist Michael Quick, PhD, is USC’s new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, effective April 1. As provost, Quick will be the second-ranking officer under USC President C. L. Max Nikias, PhD, and the chief academic officer of the university. The deans of USC’s 19 schools will report... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Obesity, narcolepsy, leukemia and muscle injuries have at least one thing in common — they are engaging the next generation of top stem cell scientists. Five of these scientists presented their research March 3 at the Junior Faculty Candidate Mini-Symposium hosted by USC’s Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
At 8:55 a.m., 167 excited and hopeful fourth-year medical students gathered March 20 in Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad for the annual Match Day, joining 17,000 graduating U.S. medical students who opened envelopes together and learned where they would spend the next few years of their lives. Medical students rank... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Primary Care Physician Assistant Program has risen 50 spots since 2011 and is now ranked 20th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 "Best Graduate Schools” rankings. “This honor demonstrates the commitment that our program has received from USC, the Keck School of... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Amid a heat wave, 250 volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine and other Keck of USC staff offered aid to runners in the annual L.A. Marathon on March 15. [caption id="attachment_3741" align="alignright" width="300"] Allison Sarff Luu, MD, assists an ailing runner.[/caption] Officials said about 2,000... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, Distinguished Professor and holder of the Flora L. Thornton Chair in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of USC, has dedicated his career to the issue of tobacco use and regulation. That dedication has now been recognized on the world stage. Samet, who... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Stephen B. Gruber, director of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, hosted the USC Norris Ambassadors Friends and Family Luncheon on March 12. Also speaking were two other doctors: Art Ulene, at right above, a longtime broadcast media medical expert, and Stuart Siegel, founder and co-director of the USC Norris Adolescent... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Pioneering Keck Medicine of USC scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi, MD, PhD, received congratulations in early March in Salzburg, Austria, from Austrian President Heinz Fischer upon his induction into the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The group of more than 1,700 scientists, researchers, artists and philosophers from across the globe focuses... Read More »
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Resistance of leukemia cells to contemporary chemotherapy is one of the most formidable obstacles to treating the most common form of childhood cancer, known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Now researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and USC have designed and developed a new protein-based therapy they believe will... Read More »
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
A USC alumnus and his wife are donating $50 million to a USC brain research institute to advance progress in understanding one of biology’s most complex and important puzzles: the brain. The gift from Mark and Mary Stevens will endow and name the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and... Read More »