Lori Oliwenstein
Stories by Lori Oliwenstein:
USC scientists explain role of crucial molecule in stem cell development
Stem Cell Signaling Mystery Solved
USC researchers have discovered a small molecule that may allow for growth of human stem cells without threat of contamination.
USC, Keck School celebrate Broad family generosity
WELCOME TO THE PATOS
Showing How Genetic Changes Affect Lymphoma Survival
Keck School of Medicine professor Joseph Hacia leads a multinational team of researchers who have made great strides.
USC’s Women’s Health Program expands services at downtown Los Angeles site
Keck School of Medicine opens Center for Premature Infant Health
$25 million Broad Foundation gift creates stem cell institute at USC
USC has received $25 million from The Broad Foundation to create the Broad Institute for Integrative Biology and Stem Cell Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Broad Foundation Backs Stem Cell Institute
The $25 million gift will support construction of a new 215,000-sq.-foot facility, a hub for biomedical research on USC’s Health Sciences campus.
Administrator Takes on New Duties
Professor and divisional chief Thomas Buchanan is named the Keck School’s first associate dean for clinical research.
Buchanan named first Keck School Associate Dean for Clinical Research
Study shows higher rates of lung cancer in African-American, Native Hawaiian smokers
USC-led Study Probes Perils of Smoking
Research in the New England Journal of Medicine shows higher rates of lung cancer for African Americans and Native Hawaiians who light up.
Scientists Study Growth Factor Gene
Renowned Stem Cell Researcher to Lead New Institute at USC
Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Offers Potential for Advances in Promising New Field
Stem Cell Researcher to Lead Institute
The new Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, led by Martin Pera, offers potential for advances in a promising new field.
From Feathers to Regeneration
USC investigators track down the stem cells that create feathers. Their research, published in the journal Nature, may lead to insight on human organ regeneration.
USC researchers show how collagen inhibits cancer
Prostate cancer risk unaffected by steroid hormone gene variation
Prostate cancer risk unaffected by steroid hormone gene variation
Keck School Names Psychiatry Chair
Clinician Carlos Pato, who will head the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department, says USC will sharpen its focus on human genetics and neuroscience.
PATO: Helped pioneer gene expression studies to aid diagnosis of mental disorders
Carlos Pato named chair of psychiatry department
Cooking of Red Meat Tied to Cancer?
Dietary fat does not increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, researchers say. Instead, the cause may be the meat’s preparation.