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Qi-Long Ying (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for USC research listed among top breakthroughs of 2010

USC research listed among top breakthroughs of 2010

Groundbreaking research by Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers has been selected as one of Science magazine’s top 10 Breakthroughs of 2010. The study, Production of p53 gene knockout rats by …

Gregor Adams (Photo courtesy of USC); featured image for USC researchers discover parathyroid gland drug aids transplantation of key stem cells

USC researchers discover parathyroid gland drug aids transplantation of key stem cells

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have shown that Cinacalcet, a drug now used for treating disorders of the parathyroid gland, can help transplanted, …

Qi-Long Ying (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for USC researchers create first “knockout” rats using embryonic stem cell technology

USC researchers create first “knockout” rats using embryonic stem cell technology

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have, for the first time, generated “knockout” rats—animals that are genetically modified to lack one or more genes—through …

Illustration of the HIV virus; featured image for USC researchers create HIV-resistant cells

USC researchers create HIV-resistant cells

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have successfully transplanted blood stem cells modified to be resistant to HIV into mice, allowing the animals to …

Henry Sucov; featured image for USC researchers identify key mechanism that guides cells to form heart tissue

USC researchers identify key mechanism that guides cells to form heart tissue

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have identified a key cellular mechanism that guides embryonic heart tissue formation — a process which, if disrupted, can …