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 …
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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 …