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Monday, June 3, 2013
By Josh Grossberg For patients and visitors to USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the effect of new photographs in the lobby can be subtle, but for the man who took the photographs, they can bring some calm to people during a very stressful time in their life. [caption id="attachment_328" align="alignright" width="216"]... Read More »
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Monday, June 3, 2013
By Paul Karon Whether producing movies that change women's attitudes toward cervical cancer screening, or using mobile technology to keep people with diabetes out of the emergency room, public health research is complex and painstaking work. In many cases, however, the hard part is not the science, but finding the... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker [caption id="attachment_308" align="alignright" width="215"] Michael F. Press, the Harold E. Lee Chair in Cancer Research and professor of pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was recently supported by a grant from the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation enabling him... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignright" width="148"] Excellent care and kind treatments prompted Glen Miller and his wife Wendy to help establish the Glen and Wendy Miller/Inderbir Gill Kidney Cancer Research Program.Courtesy Glen Miller[/caption] Glen Miller could never have guessed that a 15-year-old X-ray from a snowmobile accident would... Read More »
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
By Josh Grossberg It somehow all flew by in an instant. But here she was, after four years of medical school, receiving her diploma and officially becoming a doctor. And as if it didn’t go by fast enough, Kaitlin Carroll was the first person called on stage to receive her... Read More »
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
By Josh Grossberg Cells can be stubborn things. A skin cell resists changing into a liver cell, and a heart cell wants to remain a heart cell. [caption id="attachment_294" align="alignright" width="210"] Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon lectures on stem cells on May 16 at Aresty Auditorium.Photo/Steve Cohn[/caption] But with the... Read More »
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
[caption id="attachment_291" align="alignright" width="253"] Harlyne J. Norris received the Elaine Stevely Hoffman Award during commencement ceremonies for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Through the Norris Foundation, the Norris family has donated nearly $200 million to USC.Photo/Steve Cohn[/caption] By Josh Grossberg For her and her family’s decades-long commitment to... Read More »
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
A new study from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center shows targeting both hormone receptors (HRs) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer patients significantly increased overall survival times. A team of researchers led by Debu Tripathy, professor of medicine at the... Read More »
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Monday, May 20, 2013
[caption id="attachment_300" align="alignright" width="288"] Keck School of Medicine honorees Kayla Dewey and Caitlin Carroll display their awards after the May 16 ceremony.[/caption] The Keck School of Medicine Senior Awards Ceremony was held on May 16 on campus. Awards were granted to outstanding Doctor of Medicine candidates on the basis of... Read More »
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Friday, May 17, 2013
By Josh Grossberg [caption id="attachment_270" align="alignleft" width="205"] Patient Dominic Quagliozzi made 20 paintings that reflected the pain and the loneliness he felt during his 11-day hospital stay.[/caption] Dominic Quagliozzi was looking for a unique place to display his artwork. He found it in his hospital room at the Keck Medical... Read More »