USC Stevens Center News Archives - USC Stevens Center for Innovation

USC Executes Exclusive License Agreement with Ellison Medical Institute for a Transformative Technology for Prostate Cancer Treatment

The University of Southern California (USC) is thrilled to announce that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the Ellison Medical Institute (EMI) for the rights to develop and commercialize a novel therapeutic drug for the treatment of prostate cancer and related diseases. Beginning in 2019, Chemistry Professor Charles McKenna, Co-Director of the

2025-04-17T13:02:42-07:00April 17th, 2025|

Nasdaq’s Opening Bell Rings for a USC Research Startup

Today, a USC-licensed startup that developed an intranasal drug delivery system for brain tumors will be listed for the first time on Nasdaq. To celebrate the direct listing, the USC Stevens Center for Innovation and the startup, NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc., will ring the opening bell at 9:30 a.m. EDT/6:30 a.m. PDT. NeOnc is based

2025-03-27T16:04:12-07:00March 26th, 2025|

A USC Stem Cell-led Study About a New Approach for Alzheimer’s Prevention

Is Alzheimer’s something you can prevent? Scientists at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California discovered a way to activate a natural cleanup system in brain cells, removing toxic tau proteins linked to memory loss. The neurotransmitter glutamate is essential for regulating everything from mood to memory, but it can also encourage

2025-03-22T08:34:30-07:00March 7th, 2025|

A Collaborative Eye Transplant Research Project Co-led by USC Awarded Major Funding

An ambitious endeavor to restore sight unites the Keck School of Medicine of USC with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and several other institutions from academia and beyond. A federal funding agency that supports high-impact research capable of driving biomedical and health breakthroughs has awarded up to $47 million for a project aimed

2025-01-11T12:21:56-08:00January 9th, 2025|

Revolutionizing Heart Care for Newborns

In pediatric cardiology, every heartbeat counts, especially for the one in 4,000 newborns born with an underdeveloped lower chamber, or ventricle, of the heart. Ellis Meng, the Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair in Convergent Bioscience and professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, and her team are leading innovative research aimed at enhancing survival

2025-01-11T12:27:15-08:00December 30th, 2024|

Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theo Tsotsis, professors in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, have been named 2024 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The award recognizes “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”

2025-01-06T08:13:03-08:00December 16th, 2024|

USC Announces Strategic Collaboration with Autobahn Labs to Accelerate Drug Discovery

USC has embarked on a collaboration with Autobahn Labs, an accelerator for early-stage drug discovery, to identify and advance cutting-edge scientific findings into new therapies – with a special focus on critical unmet medical needs. “Our collaboration with Autobahn Labs is a pivotal moment for our institution’s mission to bring academic innovations in drug discovery to

2024-11-26T06:02:29-08:00December 2nd, 2024|

USC Institute for Creative Technologies and SoldierStrong Sign Battle Buddy License Agreement

Today is Veteran's Day and according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), over 6,000 Veterans die by suicide each year. This is approximately 17 lives lost every day. In response to this crisis, the VA launched Mission Daybreak, a $20 million initiative aimed at reducing Veteran suicides, and awarded USC $1 million to

2024-11-11T08:43:10-08:00November 11th, 2024|

USC Launches Collaboration with StemCardia to Advance Heart Regeneration Therapies

The new initiative brings together renowned experts at a researcher-founded biotechnology company with Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) experts to develop innovative solutions for heart failure, the global leading cause of death. Heart failure, which happens when the heart cannot pump blood sufficiently throughout the body, is the leading cause of death worldwide. In the

2024-10-15T08:33:10-07:00October 8th, 2024|

USC Ranked #11 in Inc. Magazine’s and Fast Company’s Top 50 School for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The University of Southern California is ranked #11 in Inc. Magazine's and Fast Company’s inaugural Ignition Schools list of the Top 50 academic institutions for Entrepreneurship and Innovation! The magazines ranked universities with the biggest global impact on business and ideas that define the future. This recognition honors top academic institutions that play a vital

2024-10-03T07:59:55-07:00September 23rd, 2024|