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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USC launches a new Center for Stem Cell Engineering on the Health Sciences Campus

A collaboration between the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the center will use stem cell engineering to uncover disease mechanisms and advance new therapies. …

Chuck Murry in the third-grade class at Vermont Avenue Elementary School (Photo by DJ Kast)

USC Stem Cell’s Chuck Murry shows heart for local third-graders through the medical and cancer STEM programs

USC’s Medical STEM Program brings pig hearts, pulse oximeters, and a world of possibility to local third graders. At Vermont Avenue Elementary School, a class of third graders stared wide-eyed as Chuck …

Biomedical engineers at USC Viterbi are using ultrasound to trick tumor cells into effectively painting a target on their own backs, enabling more powerful treatments. Image/ChatGPT.

Tricking tumors into marking themselves for destruction

New research from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering harnesses focused ultrasound to reprogram solid tumors, making them more effective targets for immune cells. USC biomedical engineers have found a way to …

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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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