Neil Segil uses stem cells to seek treatments for hearing loss
USC Stem Cell researcher Neil Segil seeks ways to treat hearing loss and balance disorders through the regeneration of inner ear cells.
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Justin Ichida screens potential therapies for Lou Gehrig’s disease
USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida tests drug-like compounds on motor neurons formed by directly reprogramming skin cells from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Because these motor …
How to reprogram cells … and why that matters to patients
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, experience the degeneration of their motor neurons. The lab of USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida converts skin biopsies …
USC’s Jon-Paul Pepper is a surgeon, scientist, student and award-winner
USC’s Jon-Paul Pepper is not the average award winner. He’s also not the average facial plastic surgeon, faculty researcher or master’s student—in part, because he’s currently all of these things.
New undergraduate course about science fiction and stem cells
USC is pleased to introduce a new undergraduate course starting in Spring 2015 called MEDS 380 Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction. From babies born with three biological parents to regrown body parts, …
USC stem cell PhD students present blueprints for rebuilding the body
The students in the new PhD program in Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine recently presented some ideas that would give Dr. Frankenstein a run for his money. For the summer course …
Stem cell research and regenerative medicine at USC
At USC, world-class scientists are harnessing the power of stem cell biology to treat neurodegeneration; hearing loss; blood, heart and kidney disease; osteoarthritis and bone fractures; cancer; and many other health conditions.
CIRM grant moves USC closer to a cure for vision loss in the elderly
USC scientists David Hinton and Mark Humayun discuss their upcoming clinical trial that will use retinal pigment epithelial cells derived from stem cells to replace those lost to macular degeneration, the leading …
USC Master of Science in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
The Master of Science degree program is the first in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine in California, and one of only three in the U.S. The one-year program with an optional …
Rong Lu and Min Yu join stem cell research team at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Rong Lu and Min Yu, assistant professors in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, discuss their research at the Eli and …