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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with UCLA and Cleveland Clinic, shows that patients who were hospitalized for severe COVID-19 in 2020 face an increased risk of major cardiac events similar to the risk conferred by having a medical history of heart disease.... Read More »
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Monday, October 14, 2024
The USC Roski Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Center of Excellence is celebrating its fifth anniversary, having collected approximately 800 tear samples from 400 patients since its inception in 2019. The center aims to provide personalized treatment for dry eye, a common eye condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite initial challenges... Read More »
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Monday, October 14, 2024
The National Institutes of Health has awarded its Director’s Transformative Research Award to Rong Lu, PhD, of USC Stem Cell and Michael Elowitz, PhD, of the California Technical Institute (Caltech). The award, worth $8.1 million, will fund their continuing collaborative efforts to study stem cells without needing to extract them.... Read More »
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
On Jan. 1, Greg Kharabadze, MHA, FACHE will become senior associate dean, chief operations and finance officer for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In an announcement released on Oct. 8, Dean Carolyn C. Meltzer stated that Kharabadze was selected from an impressive cohort of candidates in a comprehensive... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that levels of “forever chemicals” in the blood are linked with disruptions to a fundamental pillar of health — sleep. In the first study to examine that relationship in young adults, participants with higher levels of four specific types of... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has launched a strategic collaboration with StemCardia to develop cellular and genetic therapies for heart failure. StemCardia was founded by Charles (Chuck) Murry, MD, PhD in 2023, before he joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC as chair of the KSOM Department... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has named nine honorees for its 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, which will take place on Feb. 23. The recipients have been chosen for their leadership and outstanding contributions to the field. To view the list of recipients, click here.... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
USC Stem Cell scientists from the McMahon Lab have undertaken a pair of complementary studies, published in the journal Development, that provide new insight into the critical role of Wnt signaling in initiating the development of the mammalian kidney. The Wnt pathway is a group of essential signaling molecules that... Read More »
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Monday, September 30, 2024
A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a device that could potentially measure a person’s stroke risk in a cost-effective and noninvasive way, akin to a cardiac stress test. If validated through further tests, the device could... Read More »
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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are partnering with the USC Center for Neurotechnology, part of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, to utilize neural imaging, brain-computer interfaces and medical knowledge to develop game-changing therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders such as major depression. The team is currently working... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Rural men are dying earlier than their urban counterparts, and they’re spending fewer of their later years in good health, according to new research from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. Higher rates of smoking, obesity and cardiovascular conditions among rural men are helping to fuel an... Read More »