Scientists have identified 451 genetic variants linked to prostate cancer risk, enhancing risk prediction and screening accuracy, especially for men of African ancestry, through a…
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Exposure to a synthetic PFAS chemical found widely in the environment is linked to the most common type of liver cancer. Keck School of Medicine…
AMer surgical rib resection (top), a cartilage and bone bridge form (second from top) and then resolve (third from top) and remodel to regenerate the…
Researchers from USC’s Keck School of Medicine discovered that a higher number of tiny HDL particles in spinal fluid samples was linked to two critical…
Altered cells create an electrical “fire” in patients with epilepsy. Credit: BioRender illustration by Aswathy Ammothumkandy/Bonaguidi Lab/USC Stem Cell Over the years, everyone loses a…
Confocal microscopy image of an adult zebrafish head with neural crest-derived cells in red. The Crump lab has used single-cell sequencing to understand how these…
About 80 million Americans have fatty liver disease unrelated to alcohol abuse. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obesity and diabetes, and can lead…
A synthetic aftertaste might not be the only side effect of switching to diet soda, especially if you’re trying to lose weight. Drinks that contain…
The organ of Corti, the hearing organ of the inner ear, contains rows of sensory hearing cells (green) surrounded by supporting cells (blue). Credit: Image…
3-D Illustration of Ciliated Cells. With a $2.3 million NIH award, USC researchers will study how cilia behavior and structure impact their function, a key…
Images of cells showing close proximity (yellow) of GRP78 (green) with Spike protein of SARS-Cov-2 (red) (left panels) and ACE2 (red) (right panels). Credit: Lead…
Researchers developed an experimentally validated advanced computer model that reproduces the shapes and positions of millions of nerve cells in the eye, as well as…
Pituitary Puzzle Gets a New Piece: Insights Into Century-Old Controversy Revise Evolutionary History
Pituitary Puzzle Gets a New Piece: Insights Into Century-Old Controversy Revise Evolutionary History
View of the larval zebrafish face shows a type of endoderm cell in red and all other cell types in white. Fabian, Crump, and colleagues…
This is the latest study from a Keck School of Medicine of Founded in 1880, the University of Southern California is one of the world’s…