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Researchers Invent New AI Tool to Automate Detection of Cancer in Blood Samples
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…
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Like the Piano Tuners of Quantum Computers
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…
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USC Researchers Develop Low-Cost Blood Test for Early Alzheimer’s Detection
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…
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USC’s Groundbreaking Research Could Revolutionize Glioblastoma Treatment
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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USC Researchers Turn the Body’s B Cells into Tiny Surveillance Machines
USC scientists and Paula Cannon, a Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, have discovered a way to turn the body’s B cells into tiny…
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USC-supported startup receives major grant for clinical trial of a promising eye treatment
USC-supported startup Regenerative Patch Technologies (RPT) was awarded an estimated $12.4 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), a state institute that supports research to address unmet medical needs.
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