Category Archives: Health
← Older postsUSC breaks ground on Norris Healthcare Consultation Center
It’s been five years since Barbara Kral was first diagnosed with advanced myeloid leukemia. Though she is in remission, she continues to receive treatment at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Classmates rally around USC student
With one touch last summer, what was just another day in the life of a Trojan graduate student suddenly became something much more.
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Probing the power of stem cells
Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC are deciphering the powerful gene regulatory circuit that maintains and controls the potential of embryonic stem cells to form any type of cell in the body.
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Fresno conference focuses on elder abuse
USC Davis doctoral student Marguerite DeLiema served as the keynote speaker for Fresno’s “Elder Abuse Prevention Conference 2013: Protecting an Aging Population.”
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Alligator stem cell study gives clues to tooth regeneration
Alligators may help scientists learn how to stimulate tooth regeneration in people, according to new research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
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Artist turns his hospital room into a gallery
Dominic Quagliozzi was looking for a unique place to display his artwork. He found it in his hospital room at Keck Medical Center of USC.
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Cancer center studies target immune system, women’s cancers
There is good evidence that the human immune system can fight cancer, but it needs some help. Physician scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC are studying ways to teach the body’s immune system to fight off cancer.
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USC director retains optimism about climate change
Images of shrinking glaciers and stranded polar bears give powerful evidence of the need for people to work together on the common problem of protecting the planet.
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Dual targeting of metastatic breast cancer improves survival rates
A new study from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center showed that targeting both hormone receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer patients significantly increased overall survival times.
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Birds of a feather flock together for stem cell research
To eventually use stem cells in regenerative medicine, scientists need to understand how stem cells become organized into particular tissue patterns and shapes.
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