Category Archives: Health
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Cells can be stubborn things. A skin cell resists changing into a liver cell, and a heart cell wants to remain a heart cell.
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USC program provides health care experience for high school students
Ariel Bodden always wanted to be a nurse, but there were hurdles to overcome.
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Keck School launches diabetes study
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is looking for volunteers to take part in the BetaFat Study, a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial.
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Timing of cancer radiation therapy may minimize hair loss, research finds
Hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day.
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USC 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.
Posted in Arts, Health | Tagged fine arts