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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), California's state stem cell agency, has appointed Carolyn Meltzer, MD, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, to its leadership board. She joins 35 Californians — including patients, advocates, researchers, educators and professionals from the biotechnology industry — who each have... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Angel Arizpe, MPH, a third year PhD student in the epidemiology program, has been awarded $10,000 from the Healthy Americas Research Consortium (HARC) Todos Juntos Grants to support his research on cancer-related health disparities faced by Hispanic communities in the United States. Arizpe will also have access to data sets... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Among the aims of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), one is to reduce health care costs for older adults by eliminating cost sharing for certain drugs and vaccines covered by Medicare Part D. To help determine if the impact matches the IRA’s intent, a team led by Dima Qato, PharmD,... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Serghei Mangul, PhD, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy and quantitative and computational biology at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024–2025 academic year. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the highly competitive Fulbright awards support... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that a 0.68 milligram per liter increase in fluoride exposure may nearly double the chance of a child showing neurobehavioral problems in a range considered close to or at a level to meet the criteria for clinical diagnosis. The... Read More »
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Friday, May 17, 2024
A researcher from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has discovered a potential breakthrough in delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and treating hydrocephalus. Young-Kwon Hong, PhD, the chief of basic science research for the Keck School's Department of Surgery, and his team have developed a drug... Read More »
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Thursday, May 16, 2024
Readers of USC Health, Keck Medicine of USC’s patient- and community-facing magazine, can find the latest issue online at KeckMedicine.org/magazine. Print copies are also en route to Keck Medicine clinical locations and mailboxes across southern California. In this issue, readers will meet Cora Jackson-Fossett, a lifelong spokesperson who needed a... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
A new Keck Medicine of USC study published in Leukemia Research suggests that a bone marrow transplant from a haploidentical (half-identical) relative may greatly increase patients’ odds of success, in addition to being easier to find. Patients who received their transplant from a half-identical relative were about 70% more likely to avoid... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Compared to Black and Asian people, white and Hispanic people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were more likely to be diagnosed with symptoms like depression and agitation, according to a new study from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. White and Hispanic people with these diagnoses... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that iron is a key regulator of energy usage by immune cells in the lungs, and that targeting iron uptake could help treat asthma and other allergic diseases. The findings show that that iron serves as a gas pedal... Read More »
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Monday, May 13, 2024
In honor of Mother’s Day, the ambulatory infusion teams have distributed roses to patients who visited USC Norris Cancer Day Hospital, the Norris Healthcare Center Treatment Center and Women’s Specialty Care Clinic, as well as Keck Medicine of USC treatment centers in Arcadia, Buena Park, Koreatown, Santa Clarita, Newport Beach... Read More »