Military veterans are honored at annual breakfast
Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC and a Navy veteran himself, … Read More »
Branding site provides templates, logos for Keck Medicine of USC
The Graphic Identity Program for Keck Medicine of USC is now online on the Keck Medicine of USC intranet site at kecknet.usc.edu/brand_central.
Brand Central, which is designed to provide quick and convenient access to brand assets, houses Keck graphic standards, … Read More »
Researchers advance genome editing of blood stem cells
Genome editing techniques for blood stem cells just got better, thanks to a team of researchers at USC and Sangamo BioSciences.
In an upcoming study in Nature Biotechnology, co-first authors Colin M. Exline, PhD, from USC and Jianbin Wang, PhD, from … Read More »
Keck Medicine launches new center focusing on innovation
A new center dedicated to developing and translating innovation in the delivery of health care has been established at Keck Medical Center of USC.
The USC Center for Health Systems Innovation (CHSI) will focus on turning research and education into measurable … Read More »
USC researchers profile key gene that keeps stem cells in check
When it comes to stem cells, too much of a good thing isn’t wonderful: producing too many new stem cells may lead to cancer; producing too few inhibits the repair and maintenance of the body.
A key gene in maintaining this … Read More »
USC’s Big Data U will teach researchers to analyze biomedical information
Researchers need guidance as they navigate a jungle of biomedical data in their search for therapies, prevention techniques and cures to diseases.
To assist them, the National Institutes of Health has awarded USC a three-year, $6.3 million grant to build Big … Read More »
Iroquois genes make cartilage cells remain immature
Arthritis, the leading cause of disability in the U.S., involves the loss of a special type of cartilage cell lining the joints. In a study appearing on the cover of the latest issue of Developmental Cell, first author Amjad Askary … Read More »
Bozicks’ gift to USC Norris will improve research into melanoma
Longtime USC supporters Bobbie and Mike Bozick recently gave $100,000 to USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center to fund purchase of a sophisticated piece of equipment to be used in a project that is investigating the causes of melanoma and seeks … Read More »
Two new exhibitions open at IGM Gallery
The USC IGM Art Gallery opened a pair of new exhibitions during a reception from 4-6 p.m. on Nov. 15.
“Spiritual Matrices: Poetic Prayers & Penlight Performances” is by Susan Sims Hillbrand, and “Free Will/Positive Moment” is by Mike Becker.
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Stanczyk receives Distinguished Researcher Award
Frank Z. Stanczyk, PhD, professor of research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Researcher Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
This award recognizes an ASRM member who has made … Read More »
The awful truth about yummy bacon
Bacon and meat lovers were dealt a devastating blow this fall when the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report evaluating just how carcinogenic eating red and processed meat is.
Mariana Stern, associate professor in preventive medicine at the Keck School … Read More »
USC Norris receives grant from Riley Foundation
A three-year grant of $360,000 to fund pancreatic cancer research has been given to the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center by the Susan E. Riley Foundation.
“The Riley Foundation has generously supported USC Norris’ pancreatic cancer research for several years,” said … Read More »
Factors in breast milk may play a role in transmission of obesity
A new study suggests the road to obesity may be paved with non-nutritious carbohydrates in breast milk, shifting popular notions about how and why children grow to become overweight adults.
Previous research has shown that maternal obesity strongly affects a baby’s … Read More »
Community celebrates completion of Hazard Park improvements
More than 100 community members recently celebrated the completion of USC-supported improvements at Hazard Park in Boyle Heights.
In early spring, USC contributed $1.1 million toward a new jogging path, outdoor fitness zone and new toddler zone, as well as improvements … Read More »
USC Norris Ambassadors gather to hear about rare disease research
The USC Norris Ambassadors learned of the unique research being done by Martin Kast, PhD, and his lab during a Friends and Family Luncheon on Oct. 22.
Hosting the event was Stephen B. Gruber, MD, PhD, MPH, director of the USC … Read More »
2015 Massry Prize winners tell tales of discovery
The unlikely sequence of discovery that turned a cheese-making innovation in Denmark into a precise tool for genome-editing that has swept through biomedical laboratories around the world was the subject of the annual Massry Prize lecture on Oct. 29.
“Few discoveries … Read More »
Scholarship luncheon focuses on legacy of excellence
Amid a celebration of some of the best and brightest at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Cheryl Mae Craft, PhD, was thinking about her “grandchildren” — the students of her former students, her legacy of physicians and researchers from … Read More »
Parents symposium offers insight about med school
Nearly 100 proud parents got a glimpse of the daily lives of their sons and daughters on Oct. 23 during an annual symposium at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Family members toured the Health Sciences Campus and heard from … Read More »
USC surgeries are broadcast live during worldwide event
Two surgeons from the USC Institute of Urology were among the principal featured participants in a worldwide 24-hour live robotic surgery event held Oct. 26 at Keck Medical Center of USC and at 11 other leading robotic centers on every … Read More »
Keck Medicine honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month at football game
Video board atop the Coliseum.
To honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a team of physicians and staff from Keck Medicine of USC joined cancer survivors on the … Read More »