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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 »
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
By Shelby Roberts Alzheimer’s disease is the No. 6 cause of death in the United States, and stroke is the No. 4 cause. Helena Chui, MD, chair, Department of Neurology, Raymond and Betty McCarron Chair in Neurology, and professor of neurology and gerontology at the Keck School of Medicine of... Read More »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
By Robert Perkins Several key faculty members from USC presented the latest pioneering research in neuroscience at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting in San Diego in November. More than 30,000 scientists and collaborators from 80 countries gathered for presentations by luminaries in the field, including USC’s Antonio Damasio, MD,... Read More »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Students, faculty and staff on the Health Sciences Campus were treated to German music and a feast of bratwurst, sauerkraut, German potato salad, beer and pretzels to celebrate the coming of October — and the USC Good Neighbors Campaign. (more…)... Read More »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
By Mike McNulty National experts on the sensory issues tied to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders exchanged their respective research at the 24th USC Occupational Science Symposium, which brought together dozens of leaders from across the country to assess the field and prioritize future research directions. Hosted by the USC... Read More »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
By Cristy Lytal How do humans and other mammals get so brainy? USC researcher Wange Lu, PhD, and his colleagues shed new light on this question in a paper published in Cell Reports on Oct. 24. The researchers donned their thinking caps to explain how neural stem and progenitor cells... Read More »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker The Keck School of Medicine of USC Faculty Council met in a Town Hall meeting on Oct. 15 at the Edmondson Faculty Center on the Health Sciences Campus to discuss medical recruitment, trends and financing in graduate medical education, research trends at the Keck School and... Read More »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
By Beth Newcomb New findings about how cell signaling directs tongue development may have big clinical applications for healing tongue defects, according to an Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Yang Chai, DDS, PhD, principal investigator of “Non-canonical transforming growth factor beta (TGFb)... Read More »