Harvard scientist recruited to lead USC’s center for stem cell research and regenerative medicine
The University of Southern California announces a major scientific recruitment to the Keck School of Medicine, one that will have a transformative effect on the medical and biological sciences across the university’s …
USC scientists find mechanism that allows for reprogramming stem cells
In healthy bodies, liver cells beget liver cells, while skin cells beget skin cells. Previous research, however, has shown that—sometimes—cells can be reprogrammed, from skin, for example, to muscle or vice versa. …
Cellular automaton model predicts how hair follicle stem cells regenerate
Your hair — or lack of hair — is the result of a lifelong tug-of-war between activators that wake up, and inhibitors that calm, stem cells in every hair follicle on your …
USC researchers learn how hair stem cell populations achieve large-scale tissue regeneration and growth
In one of the first studies to look at the population behavior of a large pool of stem cells in thousands of hair follicles – as opposed to the stem cell of …
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 …
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 …