Category Archives: Research
← Older postsDrawing closer to Alzheimer’s magic bullet?
Imagine a pharmaceutical prevention, treatment or even cure for Alzheimer’s disease.
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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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Amazing adventures in undergraduate research
Vellore Adithi loves comic books. The USC undergraduate remembers traveling to India during the summer to visit her family and voraciously reading the adventures of Archie, Tin Tin, Asterix and Batman.
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Castle in the clouds
What if the components of architecture — walls, windows, ceilings and everything in-between — were used to construct the human mind?
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Magnetic attraction
“Danger! This magnet is always on!” reads a sign on the door to the functional magnetic resonance imaging machine in the Dornsife Neuroimaging Center and the Brain and Creativity Institute.
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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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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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Dollars and sense
It’s a long way from Baoding, China to Los Angeles, but 23-year-old Chao Li is glad to have made the journey.
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Professors urge young women to study STEM subjects
The message to the dozens of school-aged girls was simple — with hard work and diligence, they can achieve meaningful and successful careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Fellowship supports USC professor’s study of black holes
Nicholas Warner, professor of physics and astronomy at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2013 Simons Foundation Fellow.
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