As the newest principal investigator to join USC’s Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Michael Bonaguidi studies individual neural stem cells within the adult brain. These stem cells have the …
USC Stem Cell researcher Neil Segil seeks ways to treat hearing loss and balance disorders through the regeneration of inner ear cells.
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 …
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 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.
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, …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …