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Welcome to USC Stem Cell, a university-wide initiative connecting researchers and highlighting the latest news in regenerative medicine across USC.
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September 8, 2016
By Cristy Lytal
Without collaboration between universities and pharmaceutical companies, scientists might never have developed essential medicines ranging from the antibiotic streptomycin in the 1950s to HIV medications in the 1990s. In recognition of the ever increasing importance of these academia-industry partnerships, USC and Amgen are jointly offering two new opportunities: a 10-week biotechnology lecture series for students and postdoctoral researchers, and a monthly seminar series open to all.
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September 7, 2016
By Meg Alrich
Keck Medical Center of USC today announced that a team of doctors became the first in California to inject an experimental treatment made from stem cells, AST-OPC1, into the damaged cervical spine of a recently paralyzed 21-year-old man as part of a multi-center clinical trial.
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September 1, 2016
Francesca Mariani: In a recent study in the journal Cell, Kyle Loh and colleagues in Irving Weissmans group established a rapid protocol for converting human pluripotent stem cells into mesodermthe progenitors for heart, skeleton, muscles and a variety of other critical tissue types in our bodies. Read more
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