When Andy McMahon, head of USC Stem Cell, wanted a three-dimensional image of a kidney, he used to ship the organ to Australia. Now he can just send down the hall to the university’s new specialized microscope — built by five … Read More »
Can science make us immortal?
At a recent Los Angeles screening of director Tarsem Singh’s science fiction thriller Self/Less, USC Stem Cell researcher Michael Bonaguidi and University of Arizona researcher Wolfgang Fink tackled this and other big questions during a panel … Read More »
If two heads are better than one, then two labs are better as well. That concept underlies the new Doerr Stem Cell Challenge Grants in which teams of postdoctoral researchers from different USC labs receive up to $10,000 in funding … Read More »
Translating scientific discovery to practical benefit is a difficult challenge, and Christopher Austin, MD, director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), thinks sickle cell disease is a prime example.
Although the molecular and genetic defect that causes sickle … Read More »
Cartilage does a lot more than determine the shapes of people’s ears and noses. It also enables people to breathe and to form healthy bones. In a study published in Cell Reports, USC Stem Cell researcher Xinjun He and University … Read More »
A Keck Medicine of USC neuroradiologist has been awarded four grants that will pave the way for new research into the underlying causes of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Kevin S. King, MD, assistant professor of clinical radiology … Read More »
USC Eye Institute Director Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, was the guest of honor and featured speaker recently at the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society Meeting in Hawaii.
The conference, now in its 99th year, draws top otolaryngology and ophthalmology physicians and scientists … Read More »
Glen Stimmel, a national leader in clinical pharmacy practice and a USC faculty member since 1974, is the new interim dean of the USC School of Pharmacy, effective July 1.
“I’m looking forward to working with the excellent faculty, staff, students, … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, has received an award honoring his contributions to medicine from National Medical Fellowships (NMF), an organization founded in 1946 that provides scholarships to underrepresented minority students in medicine … Read More »
Daniel S. Oh, MD, and the entire Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer team at USC’s Keck School of Medicine recently received the Impact Award during the 2015 LUNG FORCE Gala.
The award recognizes a public health professional whose career and work have made … Read More »
USC Stem Cell has up to four available positions to support clinical research fellow training. The fellows must have, or be training for, an MD or MD/PhD degree and have the capability of practicing medicine in California.
Fellows will be funded … Read More »
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 »