Chronic depression is associated with shrinkage in the hippocampus, a part of the brain related to learning and memory, according to new research led by a team from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
“Depressed people consistently had less brain … Read More »
Considered the first of its kind in the United States, a new master’s degree program in the art and science of neuroimaging will welcome its inaugural class this fall at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The one-year master’s of … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently received $100,000 to fund a clinical trial of a new drug for the treatment of sarcoma, with an emphasis on osteosarcoma.
The gift comes from a foundation established in memory of David Andrew Maddan, … Read More »
New research at Keck Medicine of USC has identified a potential treatment for a rare but previously incurable form of lymphoma that is observed primarily in patients with HIV/AIDS infection.
The study’s lead author is Ramakrishnan “Ram” Gopalakrishnan, PhD, a research … Read More »
Think clove cigarettes are so six years ago? A new study from Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers finds that despite a federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban in 2009, flavored cigarettes are still available for purchase over … Read More »
Exposure to air pollution has been known to affect respiratory diseases, lung function and cardiac health, but a new study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that it may also have a negative impact … Read More »
Doctors at the Keck School of Medicine of USC are calling on Southern Californians to join the Brain Health Registry, an Internet-based health registry, and help find cures for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and depression.
Launched in San Francisco … Read More »
“It’s important. It’s easy. It’s time.”
That message in English and Spanish is now adorning bus benches, billboards and lampposts around the Health Sciences as part of a cervical cancer prevention campaign dubbed Es Tiempo.
The message, which also features an image … Read More »
Studying zebrafish, investigators at The Saban Research Institute and The Heart Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a new source for cells that can develop into coronary vessels and have identified the signaling protein, a chemokine … Read More »
New research by an international team including Keck Medicine of USC scientists is bringing the origins of ovarian cancer into sharper focus.
The study, published online June 15 in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Genetics, highlights the discovery of three genetic variants … Read More »
In ancillary studies of two multi-center international clinical trials led by the USC Eye Institute, the injectable drug ocriplasmin appears to improve vision among patients suffering from symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA), a condition related to the aging eye that could … Read More »
An institute focusing on the development of new effective treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease has been established by the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI) in San Diego will be led by a distinguished … Read More »
They gathered to remember a colleague, mentor and leader — a “towering figure in American medicine” whose work in cancer research at Keck Medicine of USC echoes across the globe.
Brian Henderson, former dean of the Keck School of Medicine and … Read More »
Two Florida urologists have completed a marathon drive from Florida to California in a Tesla to raise awareness about men’s health, arriving at Keck Medical Center of USC in the early afternoon on June 20.
As the USC Trojan Marching Band … Read More »
A capacity crowd of almost 400 ophthalmologists and optometrists participated in a June 19 symposium that marked the Department of Ophthalmology’s 40th anniversary at USC.
The gathering at The Huntington in San Marino represented a “who’s who” in ophthalmology from around … Read More »
USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu, MD, PhD, is one of five early-career scientists to be named a 2015 Pew-Stewart scholar for cancer research. As part of this honor, she will receive $240,000 over four years to advance the understanding … Read More »
A USC project to visualize and analyze connectivity networks in the mouse brain is among 15 new awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tied to the development of biomedical Big Data applications.
Hong-Wei Dong, PhD, associate professor of Neurology … Read More »
Kathryn Challoner, MD, FACEP, voluntary faculty in the department of emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was recently awarded the 2015 Humanitarian Award by the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Challoner spent several … Read More »
Spending an afternoon playing cards with friends is something many of us would eagerly do without much of a second thought. But for patients awaiting heart transplants at Keck Hospital of USC, a couple of hours outside the 4th floor … Read More »
It’s a story that began with a conversation on a treadmill, led to an operating room table and ended with the gift of life.
For veteran Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Javier Tiscareno and Jorge Castro, it’s a story of friendship, … Read More »