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\n Cristy Lytal<\/span>\n \n May 31, 2017<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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The price of progress is not only the energy and talent of stem cell scientists, but also the research dollars that support their discoveries. In recent months, faculty members have secured numerous grants to support stem cell-based approaches to study and treat illnesses ranging from osteoarthritis to Alzheimer\u2019s disease to cystic fibrosis. Here are a few of the newly funded projects from USC\u2019s stem cell research center and department at the Keck School of Medicine.
\n<\/span>Andy McMahon<\/a> and the<\/strong>(Re)Building a Kidney consortium <\/strong>are comparing the gene activity in mouse and human kidney stem cells and tissues, funded by a $231,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
\nMichael Bonaguidi<\/strong><\/a> is developing new tools for stem cell precision medicine, with support from a $50,000 pilot grant from the L.K. Whittier Foundation.
\nGage Crump<\/a>, Rob Maxson and Yang Chai<\/strong> are using zebrafish and mice to understand why the skull bones prematurely fuse and impact brain growth in a condition known as craniosynostosis, with support from a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
\nJustin Ichida<\/strong><\/a> is studying how genetic mutations affecting a type of immune cell, known as microglia, might increase the risk for developing Alzheimer\u2019s disease, supported by $100,000 from the John Douglas French Alzheimer\u2019s Foundation. He is also researching ALS and frontotemporal dementia with a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, as well other neurological diseases with $1.3 million of support from DRVision Technologies.
\nRong Lu<\/strong><\/a> is studying how aging affects hematopoietic or blood-forming stem cells, thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She is also teaming up with Qi-Long Ying<\/strong><\/a> to expand and characterize the population of progenitor cells that sustain\u00a0part of the immune system, with a $50,000 pilot grant from the L.K. Whittier Foundation.
\nWange Lu<\/strong><\/a> is a co-principal investigator with Rose Lai in USC\u2019s Department of Neurology on a\u00a0$709,000 National Cancer Institute\u00a0grant to study the genes associated with a type of brain tumor known as glioma. He is also working with researchers at the University of Virginia to study colorectal cancer, with $992,000 from the National Cancer Institute.
\nFrancesca Mariani<\/a> and Gage Crump<\/strong> are examining the role of cartilage in healing large-scale bone injuries, supported by a $2.4 million Research Project Grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
\nLeonardo Morsut<\/strong><\/a> is developing a synthetic technology for controlling stem cell behavior for regenerative medicine applications, thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
\nJoseph T. Rodgers<\/strong><\/a> is investigating how healing becomes impaired during aging, with support from a $100,000 grant from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).
\nNeil Segil<\/strong><\/a> is exploring the mechanisms controlling the activity of genes involved in the development of the inner ear, with support from the Hearing Health Foundation.
\nPaula Cannon<\/strong><\/a> is looking at the conditions under which hematopoietic or blood-forming stem cells can give rise to the brain\u2019s microglia, which are susceptible to HIV infection, and developing new treatment strategies, thanks to a $3.3 million dollar Research Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
\nYang Chai and a multi-institutional research team<\/strong>, called C-DOCTOR (Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration), are one step closer to developing products that facilitate tissue regeneration, thanks to a $12 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
\nDenis Evseenko<\/strong><\/a> is using stem cells to regenerate cartilage as a treatment for osteoarthritis, with support from a $2.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
\nAmy Firth<\/strong><\/a> is using gene-edited stem cells to study rare mutations in cystic fibrosis, thanks to a $63,000 Cystic Fibrosis Million Dollar Bike Ride pilot grant from the Penn Orphan Disease Center.
\nSenta Georgia<\/strong><\/a> is investigating new stem cell-based treatments for children with a genetic form of diabetes and malabsorptive diarrhea called enteric anendocrinosis, funded by a $180,000 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
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