USC Stem Cell scientist and former professional volleyball player Leonardo Morsut has built a synthetic cellular communication system known as “synNotch.” This system could enable scientists to direct the behavior of cells …
Just as there are times when two heads are better than one, there are times when two labs are better than one. Thanks to the new Doerr Stem Cell Challenge Grants, teams …
Two new studies from Valter Longo indicate that a brief fasting- mimicking diet done periodically reduces disease risk factors and may reverse diseases like diabetes by promoting regeneration.
Meet four junior faculty members from USC Stem Cell. Dr. Megan McCain is engineering stem cell-derived “organ on a chip” models of human heart disease. Dr. Min Yu is developing approaches to …
As a New York Stem Cell Foundation – Robertson Investigator, USC Stem Cell scientist Justin Ichida is using his $1.5 million prize to find new ways to slow or stop the symptoms …
When you get sick, do you ever wonder where medicines come from? In four minutes, this ‘Clinical Trials 101’ Whiteboard will show you how stem cell therapies go from the lab, all …
Researchers Qi-Long Ying from USC and Austin Smith from the University of Cambridge have won the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation, the highest honor bestowed by the International Society for Stem Cell …
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 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.
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 …
University of Southern California professor Rob Maxon tackles the CIRM elevator pitch challenge: Just 30 seconds to describe his work with stem cell research.
For the CIRM Stem Cell Elevator Pitch Challenge, University of Southern California professor Qilong Ying explains his stem cell research in just 30 seconds.
University of Southern California professor Wange Lu tackles the CIRM elevator pitch challenge: Just 30 seconds to describe how his stem cell research could change the world for the better.
