Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, people hoped that the pandemic would end through ”herd immunity,” a scenario in which most people have antibodies from vaccination or prior infection and the virus slowly stops spreading because there are few new individuals … Read More »
Bipolar disorder is a chronically underfunded and understudied mental health condition that affects 2.3 million Americans, and nearly 45 million people worldwide. This serious mental health disorder comes with dramatic and sometimes unpredictable shifts in mood, energy and activity levels. … Read More »
The IL-6 family of proteins has a bad reputation: it can promote inflammation, arthritis, autoimmune disease and even cancer. However, a new USC-led study published in Communications Biology reveals the importance of IL-6 and associated genes for maintaining and regenerating cartilage in … Read More »
In recent years, the scientific community has engaged in a necessary transformation to acknowledge and address health disparities. One of the keys to addressing health disparities is making clinical and scientific research more inclusive. USC Researchers in medical and scientific … Read More »
The USC Transplant Institute hit a milestone in the latest calendar year, as its physicians performed 436 transplants in 2021, a new single-year record. The number is especially remarkable because, due to precautions during a COVID-19 surge, the transplant team … Read More »
Can schools handle the challenge of testing all students and staff for COVID-19?
It depends on which stakeholder you ask. A group of USC researchers conducted interviews in nine Los Angeles County school districts. The information was collected from focus groups … Read More »
Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S., according to a new study by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Their research was … Read More »
Ixel Hernandez-Castro grew up next to a dairy farm near Fresno, where she remembers a plane would fly by on weekends and spray the fields surrounding her family home with pesticides.
“They’d finish spraying, and we’d run outside to play,” said … Read More »
Cranial neural crests cells, or CNCCs, contribute to many more body parts than their humble name suggests. These remarkable stem cells not only form most of the skull and facial skeleton in all vertebrates ranging from fish to humans, but … Read More »
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital welcomed a New Year’s baby and the first child born in 2022. Baby Atreus Romo was born to mother Alyssa Marie Cruz at 10:25 a.m. on Jan. 1, at 7 lbs., 1 oz., via C-section. In … Read More »
Hugo Rosen, MD, who was chair of the Department of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died Dec. 28. He was 58.
“We are saddened by the loss of Dr. Hugo Rosen,” said Steven D. Shapiro, MD, senior … Read More »
Yichen Li has always been driven to understand the world around her. Growing up in an Eastern province in China, Li’s inquisitive nature steered her toward science.
“When I was a girl, I wouldn’t stop asking my dad questions, such as … Read More »
Tarina Kang, MD, MHA, has been named chief medical officer for USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, effective immediately, USC-VHH CEO Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, announced Jan. 4.
In this role, Kang will oversee the coordination of patient … Read More »
Practice is a key part of surgical training. A young surgeon wants to be ready for anything and needs to get the intricate steps of a surgical procedure deep into the muscle memory. That means practicing a given procedure hundreds … Read More »
In recognition of the extraordinary work of the university’s employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, four monuments are being placed around USC in honor of the unprecedented award.
The pedestal monuments represent the presentation of the 2021 Presidential Medallion to all … Read More »
Some 17 million adults in the U.S. have dry eye disease. Meet the physicians and researchers at the USC Roski Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Center who are fighting it.
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A new scoping review of nearly 200 publications covering the relationships between autism spectrum disorder and the brain–gut–microbiome system was published online Dec. 16 in Nutrients. The review synthesizes the growing body of research suggesting that gut microbiota … Read More »
The strain of COVID-19 virus that was circulating in the United States and Europe during the first wave of the pandemic may have been particularly infectious because the most common first symptom was likely a cough, according to a … Read More »
Scientists have found a way to prove that biochemical signals sent from cell to cell play an important role in determining how those cells develop.
The study was published in the journal Development on Dec. 22.
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Pandemic or not, USC researchers continue to make discoveries that are changing people’s lives. From studies on why we’re so polarized to work on treating and someday curing Alzheimer’s, Trojans remain at the forefront of science — whether that’s in … Read More »