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Friday, July 12, 2013
As part of the Common Cents Penny Harvest — a nationwide program designed to empower children to donate to causes they care about — fifth graders at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Lincoln Heights recently collected $916 in pennies. (more…)... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
By Josh Grossberg Thanks to some cutting-edge technology, inpatient nurses and Keck Medical Center of USC will soon be able to connect with patients and other nurses and receive critical alarms just by reaching into their pockets. In August, the center will receive 300 specialty iPhones that will enable inpatient... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
The Injury Prevention Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles hosted a free car seat check for families at the USC Child Care Center on June 21, as part of an effort to reduce the potential for accidental injuries. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, three of four car... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
By Josh Grossberg Researchers are learning how to turn regular cells into stem cells, a process called reprogramming. However, some of the mechanisms of the process remain unknown, such as why only a small proportion of the cells can be reprogrammed. Researchers have at least part of the answer: the... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Zhengfei Lu, a PhD candidate in the lab of Michael Lieber, the Rita and Edward Polusky Professor in Basic Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is the first author of a research study featured on the cover of the May 30 issue of Blood, the journal of... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
By Alison Trinidad Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a promising new way to treat a rare and aggressive blood cancer most commonly found in people infected with HIV. The USC team shows that a class of drugs called BET bromodomain inhibitors effectively targets primary effusion... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
[caption id="attachment_498" align="alignright" width="216"] From left, Robert Vance, emergency management officer at Keck Medical Center, and Jim Buck, program coordinator for the Rapid Response Team, deliver advice about household fire safety to children from the USC Child Care Center.Photo/Jon Nalick[/caption] By Josh Grossberg About 40 preschoolers from the USC Child... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Uttam K. Sinha, associate professor of otolaryngology and Watt Family Chair in Head and Neck Cancer at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been appointed to two key new leadership positions. Sinha will serve as medical director of head and neck surgery, and associate dean of surgical simulation,... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker [caption id="attachment_489" align="alignright" width="216"] John and Karen Reid requested that in lieu of traditional gifts for their wedding, guests consider donations to the Darlene Dufau Reid Endowed Scholarship Fund.[/caption] When his wife, Darlene Dufau Reid, passed away after a long illness in 2008, John Reid (USC... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Following the expiration of an agreement with the Doheny Eye Institute, the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Ophthalmology will now be known by a new name, USC Eye Institute, under the campus clinical branding Keck Medical Center of USC. The new name will be used throughout the... Read More »