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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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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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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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Ostrow School investigators recognized for research
The International Association of Dental Research honored two scientists from the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC at the association’s general session opening ceremonies in Seattle.
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