Colon cancer research at USC received a boost from the Southern California-based Dhont Family Foundation, as the foundation renewed its commitment of its $1 million gift to fund Heinz-Josef Lenz’s research in colorectal cancer at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC neuroscientists have unlocked a piece of the puzzle in the fight against Lou Gehrig’s disease, a debilitating neurological disorder that robs people of their motor skills.
Their findings appear in the March 3, 2014, online … Read More »
The women of Keck Medicine of USC definitely made an impact at the annual USC Women’s Conference. The women spoke of what made them choose medicine, what impact they feel they are having in health care, what myths, trends or … Read More »
A new Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study not only uncovered new details on how bundles of nerves and arteries interact with stem cells but also showcased revolutionary techniques for following the cells as they function in living animals.
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A Mar. 25 story on NBC News featured Leslie Saxon, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School, about body sensors and how individuals can track their fitness.
A March 24 The … Read More »
USC is pleased to offer the first master’s program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine in California.
“The program gives students a unique entrée into the rapidly expanding field of stem cell biology in the globally-recognized capital of stem cell … Read More »
More than 180 volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine — led by Sean O. Henderson, chair of the department, and department physicians Clare Roepke and Dhara Amin — turned out to offer aid at the … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC students and faculty gathered to learn more about genetic cancer therapy and neurotransmitter release in the brain at the 2014 Lasker Lectures Program, held on March 4 at Mayer Auditorium.
Richard H. … Read More »
USC stem cell researchers discussed the promise of regenerative medicine and cellular therapies — from curing HIV to building organs such as kidneys and intestines — at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Annual Symposium, … Read More »
Ronald E. Smith, MD, former chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died on Monday, March 17. He was 71. He led the department from 1995 until retiring in 2013, and … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital proved they’re good neighbors in the Los Angeles community by matching funds raised in the 2013 USC Good Neighbors Campaign. Hospital employees raised $106,000 — an increase of 33 percent over … Read More »
David A. Berman, PhD, a distinguished emeritus professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and a fixture on the USC Health Sciences Campus for 60 years, passed away on Saturday, March 8. … Read More »
U.S. News & World Report released its annual “Best Graduate Schools Guidebook 2015” today showing the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranks 31st in research among 153 medical schools nationwide. The new rankings appear online … Read More »
In a lab in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD, director of the Phase 1 Drug Development Program at USC Norris, told a crowd of donors and scientists one simple fact: “With the right support, … Read More »
The weather was a balmy 80 degrees at Town & Gown of USC on the evening of March 8 — a lovely setting to celebrate and raise funds for medical scholarship at USC at the Keck Scholarship Gala.
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Frank Jobe, MD, a clinical professor of orthopaedics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC who was best known as the originator of Tommy John elbow surgery that helped preserve the careers of a number of Major League Baseball … Read More »
With concerns about the effectiveness of prostate cancer diagnosis still in question, newly published research led by Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists reveals clues that could lead to more precise understanding of the disease and ultimately … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC faculty physician Marc Weigensberg, MD, has been awarded a $3.4 million NIH grant to study the role of guided imagery in improving youth behaviors and health.
The study will be conducted in collaboration with the Los Angeles … Read More »
The Pasadena Guild of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has pledged a $3 million endowment to fund the Pasadena Guild Chair in Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
The inaugural holder of the endowed chair is David Warburton, … Read More »
A Keck Medicine of USC-led team of microbiologists has identified previously unknown interactions between critical proteins in the human immune response system, uncovering two independent regulatory mechanisms that keep the body’s immune response in check.
Their findings appear in … Read More »