How do our skeletons form during embryonic development? To approach this question, researchers at the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Gage Crump looked to our not-so-distant relative: the [...]
A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers [...]
A new tool for documenting injuries in older adults may provide better evidence for elder abuse cases. An estimated 10 percent of older adults experience some form of [...]
The Topanga assay uses the luciferase genes originally isolated from bioluminescent marine organisms, specifically certain crustaceans and deep sea shrimp, which produce extremely bright light-producing enzymes. (Photo/Shutterstock) [...]
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new laboratory tool, which is poised to improve the development and effectiveness of a burgeoning group [...]
Could air pollution be making us fat? A new USC study suggests that exposure to traffic pollution during childhood makes adolescents 34 percent more likely to eat foods [...]
USC scientists report that a novel time-keeping mechanism within liver cells that helps sustain key organ tasks can contribute to diseases when its natural rhythm is disrupted. This [...]
A new study by Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers shows there’s yet another reason to avoid a high fat, high cholesterol diet: It can trigger changes [...]
Gabriel Zada, MD, a neurosurgeon at Keck Medicine of USC, has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research pituitary adenomas, which are commonly occurring yet [...]