POSTS TAGGED AS University of Southern California

Influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and Heart Disease; Perspective

Has COVID set us up for a major heart disease epidemic? It’s happened before
“We know that viral infections can play [MORE]

Surgical Approach to Inoperable Pancreatic Tumors

Novel procedure could allow for removal of previously inoperable pancreatic tumors
“A clinical trial will seek to understand if a novel [MORE]

Making Synthetic Chromosomes

How researchers are CReATiNG synthetic chromosomes faster and cheaper
“In this paper, we [at the University of Southern California] report CReATiNG [MORE]

Regenerating Hearing

Key to Sensory Cell Formation Could Lead to Hearing Loss Treatments
“Researchers based at the University of Southern California (USC) have [MORE]

Stem Cells that Generate Jaws

USC Stem Cell scientists chew on the mysteries of jaw development (green – skeletal and magenta – cartilaginous)
“The skeleton, tendons, [MORE]

Heart Attack on a Chip

Heart Attack on a Chip
“Here, we [scientists at the University of Southern California] engineered a microphysiological system to controllably expose [MORE]

Cellular Heterogeneity in a Person’s Tumor

Deciphering brain tumor heterogeneity
Cell biologists at the Keck School of Medicine, USC “present an integrated experimental system that connects single [MORE]

Advances in Kidney Organoids

Patterned kidney organoids
“Current kidney organoids model development and diseases of the nephron but not the contiguous epithelial network of the [MORE]

Blueprint for Building Kidneys

 
Nephron formation
University of Southern California regenerative medicine scientists have found a key element in timing for nephron development.  They “. [MORE]

Robot’s Fingertip More Sensitive than Human Touch

Bio Tac Robot Skin
It is called “Bio Tac,” and according to bioengineers at the University of Southern California it [MORE]

Innovations from the Health 2.0 Meeting

Remember how your mother nagged you about standing straight?  Now there’s a sensor device, “Lumoback,” that vilbrates if you [MORE]

Monitoring BP With Your Smart Phone

BP Monitoring App
Researchers at the University of Southern California’s Center for Body Computing and St. Luke’s Hospital are working [MORE]