Chuck Murry’s lab is using stem cells to regenerate the heart muscle damaged by heart attacks. The approach is expected to enter clinical trials within the next few years.

Across USC Stem Cell, scientists are developing new approaches to help the millions of patients with heart disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide. Each year in the U.S. alone, approximately 700,000 people die of heart disease—the cause of one in five deaths.

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Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumni: Guanyi Huang, Associate Principal Scientist at Merck

Guanyi Huang, associate principal scientist at Merck, has often found himself in the right place at the right time. The son of a middle school math teacher and computer science professor-turned-entrepreneur, Huang …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. (Image courtesy of Pexels)

New nanoparticle weapon in the fight against cardiovascular and kidney disease

The Chung Lab has engineered a new therapeutically enhanced, naturally derived particle for powerful gene therapies to tackle our most significant health challenges. Cardiovascular disease and kidney disease are two of the …

Ellis Meng, the Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair in Convergent Bioscience and professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering (Photo courtesy of USC Viterbi)

Revolutionizing heart care for newborns

Ellis Meng’s team pioneers non-invasive shunt monitoring to improve survival rates for young patients with congenital heart defect. In pediatric cardiology, every heartbeat counts, especially for the one in 4,000 newborns born …

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Learn how Leonardo Morsut, PhD, with USC Stem Cell and USC Viterbi School of Engineering is leading the way in the field of regenerative medicine to ignite discovery in stem cell research.
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