Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research

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Building an Incubator for Medicine of the 21st Century

USC Stem Cell is a discovery incubator, where bright minds come together in a collaborative environment to leverage the transformative power of stem cells to develop the regenerative therapies of the future.

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From Discoveries to Cures

USC-led clinical trials of a stem cell-derived therapy have shown promise in treating age-related blindness caused by macular degeneration. New trials are expected for conditions ranging from arthritis and sports-related injuries to the neurodegenerative disease ALS, to a devastating congenital disorder known as craniosynostosis, which impedes the skull’s expansion, restricting brain growth and causing neurocognitive defects. Other teams are working to promote muscle regeneration of the injured heart, to build a synthetic kidney, and to use stem cell approaches to understand and treat a wide variety of other human diseases.

Developing kidney (Image by Tracy Tran)

Polycystic Kidney Disease in the McMahon Lab

Motor neurons derived from a patient with ALS (Image by Justin Ichida)

ALS in the Ichida Lab

Neurons and muscle (Image courtesy of the McCain Lab)

Heart Disease in the McCain Lab

USC Stem Cell Welcomes New Leader, Chuck Murry

A stem cell innovator focusing on repairing the heart, Murry brings expertise in translating biomedical science to the clinic as he joins the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

“I’m excited to join a leadership team at the Keck School that is brimming with energy and ambition,” he said. “The USC Stem Cell faculty are talented and accomplished in the basic science of regeneration. When you add the state-of-the-art infrastructure at the Broad Center and the partnership of generous supporters, our community at USC is poised to bring our science into the service of society, and to benefit countless patients, in a way that few other institutions in the world can.”

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Chuck Murry (Image by Gavin Sisk/University of Washington)

USC’s Stem Cell Research Center

The Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC aims to build and share an understanding of stem cells and regenerative medicine through research, collaboration, and education. The center hosts world-class laboratories and research facilities, and prepares the next generation of scientists through an undergraduate minor, master’s and PhD degrees, and postdoctoral and clinical fellowships. It also houses USC’s stem cell department, which has recruited more than two dozen new faculty who have established innovative research programs across the university.

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USC Stem Cell News

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Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumni: Vivian Medina, Senior Manager of Digital and Data Analytics at Takeda

July 09, 2025
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Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumni: Guanyi Huang, Associate Principal Scientist at Merck

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Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar alumni: Maksim Plikus, professor at the University of California, Irvine

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Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumni: Suhasni Gopalakrishnan, Director at Allogene Therapeutics

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With opportunities afforded by a new USC Translational Hub building that will house 80 research groups, a new USC cell therapy manufacturing facility, and the renewal of funding of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the time is right for the university to accelerate stem cell research to the clinic.

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