USC investigators receive NIH support for little-explored cancer research
Three groups of USC researchers representing medicine, chemistry and chemical engineering are recipients of highly competitive grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Challenging investigators …
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awards USC researcher $5.7 million
California’s stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved $5.7 million for a USC researcher to help move promising stem cell-based therapies from the laboratory research phase to …
Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research hosts first annual Stem Cell Symposium
It was standing room only at the first Stem Cell Symposium hosted by the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC.
$1.75 million grant to engineer transplantable liver cells from discarded human placenta
Stem cell researchers at USC have received a $1.75 million grant to engineer transplantable liver cells from discarded human placenta, a potential cure for certain congenital metabolic disorders. If successful, the proposed …
Keck student honored with PhD Achievement Award
Keck School of Medicine scholar Elizabeth Zuniga is one of five USC graduate students to receive the PhD Achievement Award this month in recognition of their outstanding academic profiles. New this year, …
Keck School launches programs for budding stem cell researchers
Two new summer education programs at the Keck School of Medicine of USC aim to give high school students with aspirations for careers in biomedical research a special opportunity to gain experience …
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 …
New name in world-class medicine introduced in Los Angeles
The University of Southern California’s renowned doctors and nationally ranked private hospitals have a new name effective today: Keck Medical Center of USC. The newly named academic medical center includes the faculty …
Zlokovic named chair of Keck School Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics
Berislav V. Zlokovic, an internationally recognized leader in the research of Alzheimer’s disease and stroke from the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been appointed to the position of professor and chair …
Keck School researchers to speak at World Stem Cell Summit
Faculty researchers and clinicians from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are among more than 170 speakers who will discuss their efforts to zero in on disease cures at an international …
Keck School of Medicine of USC signs on as co-organizer of 2011 World Stem Cell Summit
The Keck School of Medicine is a co-organizer for the upcoming World Stem Cell Summit, an international gathering of scientists, advocates, government representatives, and other stakeholders involved with stem cell research.
$5 million Zilkha gift to aid namesake institute’s recruitment
Los Angeles businessman and Keck School of Medicine Board of Overseers Member Selim Zilkha recently reaffirmed his commitment to the Keck School center that bears his name with a $5 million gift. …
CIRM president details progress of stem cell research in translational medicine
The Dean’s Translational Medicine Seminar Series wrapped up its spring season on May 20 with a visit from Alan O. Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Trounson, a …
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 …
Broad stem cell building makes R&D Magazine’s Laboratory of the Year list
The Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC received high honors from R&D Magazine as the publication announced its 2011 “Laboratory of the Year” …
Zilkha researchers’ zebrafish study reveals refinement of neural connections
Scientists from the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Keck School of Medicine said they are the first to develop a functional approach to studying neural circuitry in the earliest possible developmental stages through …
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of CHLA discover enzyme essential for healthy lung development
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have provided the first evidence that Eya1 protein phosphatase is a crucial regulator of the development of embryonic lung epithelial stem …
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 …