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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Alison Trinidad On Dec. 18, 2013, Keck Medicine of USC became the world’s first medical center to surgically implant a responsive brain device newly approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat epilepsy, with the potential to help millions of people worldwide. The device, manufactured by... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Alison Trinidad Patients who suffer from uncontrolled epilepsy now have new treatment options at Keck Medicine of USC, thanks to the recent founding of the USC Center for Neurorestoration. The center proposes to physically test innovative neural engineering and basic neuroscience to restore neurological circuitry and function within the... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Ellin Kavanagh and Cristy Lytal With the launch of the Translational Biomedical Imaging Laboratory (TBIL), investigators at USC and The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles moved medical science closer to a day when diseases can be detected before symptoms appear. TBIL is a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Alison Trinidad Exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among people who carry a genetic disposition for the disorder, according to newly published research led by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “Our research shows that children with both... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Amy Hamaker [caption id="attachment_1199" align="alignright" width="108"] Thomas A. Buchanan, MD, received the Mayo H. Soley Award for his dedication to research in diabetes and endocrinology.[/caption] Thomas A. Buchanan, MD, vice dean for research and professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has recently been named... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Members of the Keck Medical Center of USC community demonstrated a generous holiday spirit as they donated food for needy families in east Los Angeles. The medical center partnered with Canning Hunger for its annual Boxes of Love event as the medical center’s first Thanksgiving food drive. (more…)... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Sara Reeve Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, professor of surgery and chief of the division of trauma & critical care at the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Surgery, was recently honored with the American Heart Association’s 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation Science. The award, presented... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
[caption id="attachment_1189" align="alignright" width="288"] Photo/Graciela Medina[/caption] Neurosurgeon Frank Acosta, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, recently shared images of spinal disorders or abnormalities with Latino middle and high school boys as part of a career and personal growth event. (more…)... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Kathleen Page, MD, chair of the Maternal-Child Health Section at the USC Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute and assistant professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, recently received a prestigious Pathway to Stop Diabetes award from the American Diabetes Association. The Diabetes Research Accelerator award helps... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
This colorful series of mouse skulls reveals stem cells, labeled with the protein Gli1, in the sutures between the calvaria bones in the upper part of the cranium. (more…)... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Amy E. Hamaker The strength of a university can often be measured by the commitment of its alumni. Nowhere is that more apparent than at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, where alumnus Tony Alamo (’91), MD, recently helped bring a gift of $1 million to the school... Read More »