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• Diet High in Fish May Help or Harm, New Prostate Cancer Study Shows

  

  New research from the Keck School of Medicine and Cancer Prevention Institute of California has found that eating salmon and other dark, fatty fish may decrease the risk of developing prostate cancer, while consuming flounder and other white, lean fish may increase the risk. It depends on how the fish is cooked.

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• Book by Keck School of Medicine Faculty Researcher Focuses on New View of Health

  

  A new definition of health and how to achieve it is the subject of a new book written by David B. Agus, M.D. a faculty physician and researcher in the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).

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• FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Device Used at USC to Treat Heartburn

  

  A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has endorsed approval of a novel device to treat severe acid reflux. The device was tested at USC in clinical trials led by John Lipham, associate professor of surgery at the Keck School of Medicine.

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• USC-led Team Finds Functional Gene Mutation That Increases Risk for Lupus

  

  An international team of researchers led by Chaim O. Jacob, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and microbiology & immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has identified a gene mutation involved in causing lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the skin, joints and organs.

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• USC Researchers Discover Hormonal Signaling Process is Linked to Obesity and Cancer

  

  Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have discovered that a signaling process between a hormone receptor produced by the brain and a hormone produced by fat tissue is a characteristic feature of a variety of tumor-initiating stem cells, providing a key link between obesity and the development of cancer.

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• USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Celebrates Research Breakthroughs

  

  The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center looks back on important discoveries and breakthroughs made at the center in the 40 years since the National Cancer Act was passed, on Dec. 23, 1971.

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• Keck School Researcher Highlighted by National Magazine

  

  Discover magazine features research by Paula Cannon, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Keck School of Medicine, in its “Top 100 Stories of 2011” issue. The research was highlighted as number two on the list.

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