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Cancer associated cells identified by the rare event detector in patients with breast cancer, image courtesy of the Oberai and Kuhn research groups at USC.; featured image for Researchers invent new AI tool to automate detection of cancer in blood samples

Researchers invent new AI tool to automate detection of cancer in blood samples

Innovation detects cancer cells in blood samples (liquid biopsies) in as little as 10 minutes and identifies hard-to-find cells without humans in-the-loop. When cancer spreads, tiny amounts of cells can break away …

Eun Ji Chung (Photo by Michelle Henry); featured image for Eun Ji Chung awarded NIH New Innovator Award

Eun Ji Chung awarded NIH New Innovator Award

Eun Ji Chung, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has received the NIH New Innovator Award. Announced today by the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, Chung’s proposal was one of …

Nanoparticles move past the glomerular filtration barrier of the kidney to target diseased cells. (Image by Yekaterina (Katya) Kadyshevskaya from the USC Bridge Institute); featured image for This tiny particle might change millions of lives

This tiny particle might change millions of lives

Remember the scene in the movie Mission: Impossible when Tom Cruise has to sneak into the vault? He had to do all sorts of moves to avoid detection. That’s what it’s like …

Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC (Photo by Chris Shinn); featured image for Startups get a leg up at annual business competition

Startups get a leg up at annual business competition

Winners of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies’ New Venture Seed Competition were announced at the Marcia Israel Awards Banquet on May 2. The annual USC Marshall School of Business event, …