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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The newest addition to the urology staff at Keck Medicine of USC will fit right in working in a city noted for its celebrities — he’s been doing surgeries on high-profile patients in Latin America for years. One of his … Read More »
The association between menstrual cycle activity and breast and ovarian cancer risk may have an unexpected intermediary – odors.
Keck Medicine of USC researchers have discovered for the first time that the estrous cycle (the equivalent of the human menstrual cycle) … Read More »
Artist and cancer survivor Erna Braun spoke Oct. 14 to mark the opening of an exhibit of her paintings in the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Braun’s show is the sixth in a rotating exhibit … Read More »
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