New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that air pollution particles activate a cellular defense mechanism known as autophagy, which may reduce the ability of cells to fight off other harms. ... Read More »
By Hinde Kast 3D Illustration Concept of Human Internal Digestive Organ Liver Anatomy. (Image: iStock) Immigrant adults with liver cancer in the United States have higher survival rates than people with the disease ... Read More »
A USC researcher has identified base pairs of DNA that play a crucial role in human disease. By Carolyn Barnes Image: iStock “Why do humans have disease if they went through millions ... Read More »
By Mollie Barnes Two types of otoacoustic emissions recorded from the cochlea of a normally hearing human subject across five octaves and multiple stimulus levels (denoted by color). Image Credit: Carolina Abdala, Ph.D. ... Read More »
By Cristy Lytal From left, study authors Jiya Eerdeng, Ivon Garcia, Rong Lu, Charles Bramlett, Mary Vergel-Rodriguez, and Yeachan Lee (Photo by Bowen Wang) Why do some people with a genetic mutation associated ... Read More »
Dr. Anthony El-Khoueiry at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will lead the phase 1 clinical trial of the novel drug AU409. 3D Illustration Concept of Human Internal Digestive Organ Liver Anatomy. (Image: iStock) ... Read More »
A study by the Keck School of Medicine of USC indicates that modulating the activity of a key immune receptor may prevent harmful hyper-inflammation in the immune system and may heal damage caused by osteoarthritis. ... Read More »
The meta-analysis, led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, identified nine new genetic variants that increase the risk of prostate cancer in the understudied population, including a genetic risk score linked ... Read More »
Exposure to a mixture of chemicals called PFAS leads to alterations in biological processes associated with a broad range of diseases. By Hope Hamashige PFAS icons (Illustration iStock) A team of researchers from ... Read More »
As part of the ENIGMA Consortium, the India ENIGMA Initiative for Global Aging and Mental Health is a worldwide coordinated study of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease to identify predictive markers in the blood, genome, ... Read More »