To figure out how the body changes over time, researchers are increasingly looking to understand epigenetics, the study of changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration of the genetic code itself. This scientific endeavor extends … Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $3.75 million to the Department of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, for the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). In … Read More »
Science was the common language at the first France-USA Stem Cell Symposium, held at the Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC. The event brought together more than 100 stem cell scientists … Read More »
In her new lab, Min Yu observed the eerie predictability of a line of human breast cancer cells. First in one mouse, then in many, the cells metastasized again and again to the same vital organ: the … Read More »
Two minutes of stoppage time remained in the match, and the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) trailed one goal to their SoCal rivals, the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The mid-field offense crossed the soccer ball 15 yards outside the goal, and two … Read More »
While wishing to remain anonymous, a generous donor has provided $25 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), an affiliate of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, to support the expansion of the CHLA Neurological Institute and the hospital’s … Read More »
On June 8, the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center participated in the American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life event at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia.
The mission of the Relay for Life is to raise funds to improve cancer survival, … Read More »
A highly competitive $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will support Keck School of Medicine of USC efforts to recruit patients from underrepresented populations into cardiac surgery clinical … Read More »
When Denis Evseenko was still a student at Novosibirsk State Medical University in southern Siberia, he began pondering the meaning of life.
“I was reading a lot of philosophic things [saying that] everything is pointless because you will die,” … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC has named David Peng, MD, MPH, as president of USC Care Medical Group (USC Care), a faculty practice plan composed of Keck Medicine physicians at hospital clinics and … Read More »
What can looking at the brains of transgender people tell us about the physical and mental health resources they might need?
Not very much — yet.
But that is starting to change, said Jonathan Vanhoecke, MS, a budding expert … Read More »
If you’re worried about Alzheimer’s disease, your best shot at prevention could be maintaining cardiovascular health through exercise and diet and staying on top of conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
That’s because USC researchers suspect healthy blood vessels … Read More »
When 13-year-old Hudson Stimmler told his parents he couldn’t hear from his left ear in December 2017, they didn’t take him too seriously.
“We’d talk to him, and he would respond,” said his mother Meghan Stimmler, who is a registered nurse. … Read More »
Greg Harlan, MD, spends most of his days teaching or practicing medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the university’s hospitals. But for the past six months, instead of heading home after … Read More »
It’s an unforeseen side effect of the nation’s opioid epidemic: adolescent heroin users.
A USC study in the July 8 issue of JAMA Pediatrics shows that teens who use prescription opioids to get high are more likely to start … Read More »
On June 29, the Keck Medicine of USC stroke team participated in the 22nd Annual Proyecto Pastoral Women’s Conference in Boyle Heights. More than 400 women attended workshops and lectures that focused on health, wellness and women empowerment.
The team offered … Read More »
What is resilience? And why can trauma and stress leave one person reeling, while someone else may coast through the same troubles with just a shrug and a smile?
That’s the heart of the research conducted at the … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC was one of only two hospitals in all of California to perform better than the state average for a specific combination of heart procedures in the most recently released California Report on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft … Read More »
USC’s groundbreaking stem cell research and training programs have received a major boost thanks to a $10 million gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.
The donation is part of the foundation’s latest $30 million funding initiative to support its namesake … Read More »
At first glance, the statistics for lung cancer may seem dire. But look closer and there’s more — much more — to the story. It’s true that lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among men and women … Read More »