USC researchers believe their monitoring technology could easily be used with other types of transplant or critical care patients, fulfilling a major need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
When families struggle with the decision to end life support for a loved one, these findings — led by a USC researcher — could provide reassurance.
USC researchers find that applying shock waves can improve fluid mixing in supersonic combustion engines, paving the way for flights at speeds five times the speed of sound.
“It’s never too early or too late to take action,” says Lon Schneider of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, co-director of the USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center’s clinical core.
USC research shows how several major countries could prepare their health systems to ensure patients can get Alzheimer’s treatments once they hit the market.
The initiative’s first three projects will focus on major environmental concerns in Southern California: water management, air pollution and testing for nutrients in soil.
USC Dornsife scientists are investigating if a drug that extends the lives of female flies who’ve mated could also have an effect on humans.
A new study finds that a brain distracted by math problems makes a body move with less pain.
A USC-led team of international scientists found that a one-two punch of a fasting-mimicking diet with hormone therapy may enhance the effects of breast cancer treatment.
A Keck Medicine of USC study reveals that kappa opioids alleviated pain while also preserving cartilage in joints.
Researchers from USC and colleagues describe how immune cells help lizards accomplish this incredible feat of regeneration.
A Keck Medicine of USC study found that socioeconomic status plays an important role in access to chemotherapy.
Grant’s will fund Ya-Wen Chen’s studies of how stem cells repair lung injuries and Vishal Patel’s work examining regions of abnormal brain tissue that cause seizures in epilepsy patients.
Researchers in USC Viterbi’s Department of Biomedical Engineering have created a new nanoparticle that aims to prevent potentially deadly blood clots.
Treatments for COVID-19 would deliver up to $106 billion in gains by the end of 2021, a new analysis from the USC Schaeffer Center finds.
USC researchers found that exposure to flaring was associated with 50% higher odds of preterm birth.
The tool, created by a team at the Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science and Innovation, found that only 20% of users reported symptoms that required immediate medical attention.
A team of scientists from USC and other Southern California research institutions seeks to remove decision bias from the process of identifying suspects.
A Keck Medicine of USC study identifies psychological measures that may predict who is more likely to complete — or quit — a demanding marine training course.
The price is more than just sadness, notes USC Dornsife’s Emily Smith-Greenaway: Family members might also come away with lasting health and economic consequences themselves.
As part of USC’s Project Restart, many researchers have been allowed to return to their labs. Now, they’re figuring out how to conduct research in the COVID-19 era.
New USC research aims to reduce algorithmic errors in flagging hate speech on social media.
The principle is at play in the regulation of the genes responsible for directing stem cells to multiply themselves in a developing embryo, USC research finds.
The university’s six-team research task force brings together experts from across USC to better understand what COVID-19 is and how to treat it.