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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 »
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Monday, December 23, 2013
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, six Keck Medicine of USC breast cancer health-care professionals and six breast cancer survivors made an on-field appearance during halftime at the Oct. 26 USC Trojan football game vs. Utah State. (more…)... Read More »
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
By Robert Perkins Four scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), selected for the honor by their academic peers. AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science, began... Read More »
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Friday, December 13, 2013
Art is supporting science thanks to DreamWorks Animation. Once per month for the next year, DreamWorks artists are donating original works for auction on eBay in support of Call to Cure, an organization supporting colorectal cancer research at USC. (more…)... Read More »
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Friday, December 13, 2013
[caption id="attachment_1149" align="alignright" width="300"] ROYAL VISIT For the 18th year, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade Royal Court visited the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center on Dec. 5 to spread holiday cheer among day-hospital patients and meet with faculty physicians. Center, Christy Russell, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine at... Read More »