The project will use zebrafish and other species to understand the logic and evolution of craniofacial development. A research team led by Gage Crump, PhD, at the Keck School of Medicine of …
$3.2 million award extends USC Stem Cell’s CIRM COMPASS workforce development program. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded the Keck School of Medicine of USC a $3.2 million, 5-year …
Assistant Professor Zhaoyang Liu hopes her research will not only help people with growth limitations but also advance the understanding of craniofacial biology. HOW DOES THE GROWTH PLATE — the region of …
Keck School of Medicine of USC research in rats finds potential for treating diseases of aging via the liver and uncovers new insights about cell signaling. The liver’s job clearing harmful substances …
USC researchers studying human brain tissue found an association between abnormal immature astroglia, cells that play a supporting role in brain function, and lower reasoning ability in older adults with epilepsy. A …
The findings could pave the way for better predicting lymphatic complications in children with single-ventricle heart disease. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have uncovered molecular signals that shape a little-understood network …
Keck Medicine of USC studies the safety of a USC-developed therapy and its potential effects on cartilage deterioration in the knee joint. Keck Medicine of USC has launched a clinical trial testing …
A two-year, $240,000 grant will back studies developing lab-made tissue to drive progress fighting an incurable genetic condition, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. The PKD Foundation has awarded a two-year grant totaling …
A USC Viterbi bioengineer’s implantable device that any researcher can use, modify, and build on is nearly ready for its first animal test. Getting here required reinventing not just the hardware, but …
A USC neurosurgeon and engineer argues that the tools to monitor the brain cheaply and without surgery are within reach — and that getting there requires putting engineers where patients actually are. …