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Martin Pera (Photo by Mark Berndt); featured image for Stem cell symposium charts path to patient care

Stem cell symposium charts path to patient care

The progress of moving stem cell therapies toward clinical application and the hurdles that must be overcome along the way was the subject of a daylong discussion that took place on September …

USC President C. L. Max Nikias (Photo by Phil Channing); featured image for President Nikias gives first address to faculty on Health Sciences Campus

President Nikias gives first address to faculty on Health Sciences Campus

Speaking to faculty on the Health Sciences Campus in his first major speech about the academic future of the university, USC President C. L. Max Nikias answered the question of why he …

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USC releases statement on embryonic stem cell research injunction

Renowned stem cell researcher Martin Pera, PhD, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, responds to a recent court ruling blocking federal …

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 …

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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 …

Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD (Photo courtesy of the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC); featured image for Stem cell research symposium hosts international speakers

Stem cell research symposium hosts international speakers

On June 14, Songtao Shi of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology and Gregor Adams of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, co-organized the 2010 …

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 …