As a second-year medical student, I had come to the certainty that I wanted to help children with special needs in state dependency and delinquency systems. But to effect change in the huge systems that serve vulnerable children would require … Read More »
Most high schools don’t offer neuroscience classes, but Los Angeles area high school students can still learn about the brain. On Feb. 3, local teens converged on USC’s Health Sciences Campus for the Los Angeles Brain Bee, a day of … Read More »
Growing up with a rare muscle disease, Hawken Miller often felt isolated. He couldn’t run around at recess, play sports or join friends on backpacking trips.
But when Miller arrived at USC over two years ago, his physical limitations didn’t prevent … Read More »
An online tool that helps older people monitor their brain health has been developed at the Keck School of Medicine of USC with other medical groups.
The free website addresses a major obstacle to finding early Alzheimer’s treatments for a disease … Read More »
USC is redoubling its commitment to upholding the crucial values of higher education, said USC President C. L. Max Nikias in his annual State of the University Address.
Speaking to faculty and staff at the University Park Campus on Feb. 26 … Read More »
Humanity crossed a line in 2009: For the first time in history, more people in the last decade died from non-communicable disease than from all the plagues in the world combined. We’ve entered what science pundit Steve Jones has, … Read More »
Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center are recruiting patients at both the precancerous and most advanced stage of cervical cancer to participate in clinical trials developing new immunotherapies for the disease.
One of these potential therapies treats the lesions … Read More »
Heroin is worse than other drugs because people inject it much sooner, potentially resulting in increased risk of injection-related epidemics such as hepatitis C and HIV, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study shows.
As more people use opioids, many … Read More »
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI) brought together the top minds working to find a cure for a disease that affects more than 5 million Americans at its annual partnership meeting in San Diego early this month.
More … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC recently held a celebration of pilot funding programs that are available for researchers. The event, held Feb. 7 on the Health Sciences Campus, was hosted by the Keck School’s Office of Research Advancement … Read More »
Researchers who have attended the Data Science Innovation Lab, a one-week residential training workshop led by members of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute at the Keck School of Medicine … Read More »
Life changed for Andrés Martín last September. Through genetic testing, he discovered that he’ll probably develop Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. At the same time, he found a powerful ally in USC neurologist and Alzheimer’s researcher John Ringman, MD, … Read More »
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults, affecting more than 15 million people worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers are increasingly using brain imaging to assess the damage caused by stroke and to predict … Read More »
I didn’t always want to be a doctor — in fact, I had no idea what I really wanted to do — but even as a child, I struggled to understand why many of my relatives passed away early, … Read More »
Researchers are hard at work building mini-kidneys from human cells — using blueprints mostly drawn from lab mice. But mouse kidneys differ from their human counterparts in more than mere scale, as detailed by the USC Stem … Read More »
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women could preprogram babies to grow into obese children and adults, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC-led study.
Researchers found that 6-year-olds born to mothers with very low vitamin D … Read More »
Nowadays, going with your gut has a whole new meaning.
Whole Foods Market and other stores have entire aisles devoted to probiotic supplements. Kombucha, a fermented tea drink, is on tap at restaurants. Folks are bottling their own kimchi and sauerkraut.
Probiotics … Read More »
What is the permanence of life on earth? The question was put to the audience in a wide-ranging discussion about astrophysics and interstellar travel by S. Pete Worden, PhD, chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, at the Eighth Annual Vladimir … Read More »
Paula Cannon, PhD, and Elyn Saks, PhD, JD, have been named Distinguished Professors by USC President C. L. Max Nikias.
USC Provost Michael Quick, PhD, announced the appointments in a Feb. 13 … Read More »
The decision to pursue a career in medicine was not a commitment I made at a young age, nor did I ever really comprehend the possibility of being a doctor. In fact, it was not until my second year … Read More »