A massive methane leak in a Los Angeles County community will have long-term health consequences that USC researchers said they intend to study.
More than 87,500 metric tons of methane have leaked from a natural gas storage facility near Porter Ranch, … Read More »
The beautiful and remote Big Island of Hawaii is the home of five young, dedicated athletes, but on Feb. 14 the teenagers will be in the big city running the Los Angeles Marathon in support of Team Concern, a group … Read More »
Two collaborative teams within USC Stem Cell are developing new approaches that could eventually help patients with heart disease, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The teams are the winners of the Audrey E. Streedain Regenerative Medicine Initiative Awards, … Read More »
Investigators at Keck Medicine of USC are tackling immune-mediated diseases in a whole new way with the creation of a joint postdoctoral program.
Omid Akbari, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Keck School of … Read More »
Officials at the White House have announced the postponement of Friday’s National Medal awards ceremony because of extreme weather forecast in the Washington, DC, area.
Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, was scheduled to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President … Read More »
The largest study of childhood eye diseases ever undertaken in the U.S. confirms that the incidence of childhood myopia among American children has more than doubled over the last 50 years. The findings echo a troubling trend among adults and … Read More »
When Yekaterina Hovhannisyan, MD arrived in Los Angeles in November from Yerevan, Armenia, she was prepared for an intensive learning experience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Hovhannisyan, a neurologist and junior faculty member at the Yerevan State Medical … Read More »
USC scientists are part of a team working on a smartphone app and cloud services platform that will predict the probability of a child’s future asthma attack and provide personalized risk management advice.
Frank Gilliland, MD, MPH, PhD, professor of preventive … Read More »
It’s a great time to be alive. At least, that’s what David B, Agus, MD, bestselling author and director of the USC Norris Westside Cancer Center, argues in his newest book, The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave … Read More »
Though decades have passed since Michael Kennedy, MD ’66, MS, first enrolled at USC, he still thinks about the unlikely course of events that led the Chicago native to earning his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine.
“It was … Read More »
A cyclotron is a particle-accelerating device that allows for the production of … Read More »
Construction projects continue to move forward across the USC Health Sciences Campus.
From new clinical and research buildings and student housing units to parking areas, tree-lined sidewalks and a new hotel, a series of projects are underway at the 79-acre campus … Read More »
Researchers have found the “bad seeds” of liver cancer and believe they could one day reprogram them to remain responsive to cancer treatment, a new study has found.
The key to disrupting the chemo-resistant stem cells that become liver tumors is … Read More »
Suzanne Palmer, MD, president of the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) Faculty Council, is smiling as she talks about the pragmatic aspect of leading the 4-year-old group, which is the only elected body that represents the interests of the whole … Read More »
For Heng Nhoung, a project specialist in the Department of Neurology, participating in a Keck School of Medicine of USC project to establish a neurology education curriculum in Cambodia is about more than work. It’s about family. And empowerment.
Nhoung’s parents … Read More »
Retinal implants that deliver longer pulses of electrical current may noticeably improve image sharpness for individuals who have lost their sight due to retinitis pigmentosa, according to a new study by researchers from the USC Eye Institute and USC Viterbi … Read More »
Researchers at six of the nation’s top ophthalmology institutions, including the USC Eye Institute, have discovered that a drug intervention commonly used for Parkinson’s disease may also significantly delay or prevent age-related macular degeneration — the leading cause of blindness … Read More »
President Barack Obama will bestow the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., early next year.
Humayun, who holds joint appointments at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the … Read More »
Teenagers with moderate mental health problems who may not have considered smoking conventional cigarettes are turning to electronic cigarettes, a new USC study has found.
Mental health and behavioral problems such as alcohol and drug abuse are well-documented risk factors that … Read More »
In a first study of its kind, USC researchers have found that colorectal cancer risk in Californian Latinos varies widely depending on their country of origin.
Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority ethnic group in America. Some … Read More »