When cancer spreads, tiny amounts of cells can break away from tumors and circulate in the bloodstream. A liquid biopsy is a means to detect the presence of cancer by detecting these cancer cells floating in blood samples. However, current… Keep reading
By focusing on a trigger of brain inflammation, scientists are in pursuit of a new drug therapy and now understand why some with a key risk factor for the disease develop dementia. Backed by the combined expertise of three USC… Keep reading
A startup co-founded by Daniel Lidar, a pioneer in quantum computing, is producing software to unlock quantum’s considerable potential. As a physics Ph.D. student at Hebrew University in Israel in the ’90s, Daniel Lidar met a fellow graduate student studying quantum… Keep reading
Last year, the USC Stevens Center revamped the innovation internship program with tremendous success, and we’re thrilled to announce the second cohort of licensing interns and assistants! They join the team with expertise in life sciences and physical sciences and… Keep reading
We are thrilled and honored to be the host university for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Annual Conference in 2026!… Keep reading
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a blood test that can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease by measuring proteins linked to the condition. The new test, known as Penta-Plex Alzheimer’s Disease Capture Sandwich Immunoassay… Keep reading
The glioma subtype known as glioblastoma is notoriously difficult to treat. Current treatments for glioblastoma are unable to successfully address the heterogeneity between different glioblastoma tumors. The fact is that glioblastomas differ markedly between patients, and even within an individual… Keep reading
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… Keep reading
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… Keep reading
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… Keep reading
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… Keep reading
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… Keep reading