CIRM grant renewal helps USC undergrads turn stem cell research into careers
$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 …
USC researcher probes the cells that sustain growth plates
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 …
Treatment revives old liver cells in lab study, may help prevent Alzheimer’s and heart disease
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 …
Immature brain support cells may be linked to human age-related cognitive decline
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 …
CHLA team discovers key pathway in heart lymphatic vessel development
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 …
Clinical trial evaluates investigational injection for knee osteoarthritis
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 …
PKD Foundation provides support for kidney disease research by USC Stem Cell’s Zhongwei Li
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 …
What If the device changing brain medicine was free for anyone to build?
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 …
There is no “brain x-ray.” A USC neurosurgeon-engineer is helping build better ones
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. …
Four innovators gather at USC to explore the devices changing medicine
Clinical translation was the stated theme of the biomedical devices and imaging session at the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering‘s 50th anniversary symposium Sept. 3. The department, jointly part of …
Think enamel erosion is irreversible? Think again.
After decades of research, Ostrow faculty member Janet Moradian-Oldak prepares to bring a short peptide that can generate a biomimetic version of tooth enamel to market. FOR DECADES, PROFESSOR JANET MORADIAN-OLDAK has …
USC Ostrow earns new NIH grant to study head and neck cancers using human organoids
The R01 grant is the third such NIH award earned by Ostrow researcher and faculty member Dechen Lin, an accomplishment made all the more impressive given the extremely competitive funding environment. HEAD …
A new way to help CAR-T cells fight solid tumors could change cancer treatment
USC researchers developed a technique that uses focused ultrasound to temporarily “light up” solid tumors, giving cancer-fighting immune cells a target they can finally recognize. For more than a decade, CAR-T cell …
Heart health enters the future with a $28.7 million gift from the Marcus Foundation
In a landmark moment for both the treatment of heart disease and philanthropic support, The Marcus Foundation has awarded the head of USC Stem Cell, Chuck Murry, MD, PhD, $28.7 million to …
Thymus-derived hormone may help suppress age-related inflammation
In animal models, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that targeting the thymus can reduce age-related inflammation and improve cancer outcomes. Chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body—a phenomenon …
Finding a tumor’s soft spot to power-up immunotherapy
USC researchers have developed a new “black box” tool to measure the softness of tumor cells, an insight that could be crucial for more effective cancer treatment. Researchers at the USC Viterbi …
Request for Applications: A.P. Giannini Foundation 2027 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship & Leadership Award
A.P. Giannini, the founder of Bank of America, established the A.P. Giannini Foundation in 1945 to bring to fruition his long-held dream to promote the study and treatment of human diseases. Since …
USC Stem Cell scientists engineer “synthetic organizer” cells to improve kidney organoids
Mapping the human kidney, researchers discovered an unrecognized developmental axis and engineered “synthetic organizer” cells to recreate key developmental signals, producing improved, reproducible lab-grown organoids for studying disease and therapies. In a …
USC startup receives up to $3.7 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop an inner ear imaging device
AO Technologies, founded by USC researchers John Oghalai and Brian Applegate, has secured an ARPA-H small business award to develop a cochleoscope for clinical imaging of the inner ear. USC researchers John …
USC Stem Cell-led team creates a renewable cell source for cancer immunotherapy and beyond
Researchers develop a way to grow and genetically engineer the progenitor cells that give rise to macrophages, a type of first-responder immune cell that shows promise for developing immunotherapies for cancers and …