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Tag: Health
USC researchers receive funding to develop next generation of intelligent biocomputers
Researchers from USC and UC Irvine will explore how combining stem cell therapy with brain-computer interfaces could help restore function to patients with brain damage.
Study shows cells get involved in unhealthy relationships after acute kidney injury in lab subjects
Researchers at USC and Caltech develop a comprehensive map of changes after acute kidney injury, revealing cellular interactions that may lead to chronic kidney disease.
Public trust in drinking water safety is low globally
More than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their drinking water within the next two years.
Physicist’s new diagnostic tools may help make cancer a disease of the past
For USC Dornsife’s Peter Kuhn, the battle against cancer is personal as well as scientific.
Study demonstrates impact of interprofessional collaboration on health sciences education, practice
Interprofessional Education and Collaboration for Geriatrics brings together professors from five USC health sciences schools in a multidisciplinary approach to service delivery for older adults.
New technology ‘lights up’ bacteria in wounds for better infection prevention
Innovative tool could potentially reduce chronic wound complications and improve patient outcomes.
How USC researchers are using computer code to write the future of medicine
Remo Rohs discusses the work of USC Dornsife’s Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology.
New blood test’s impact on Alzheimer’s diagnosis: Q&A with USC’s Soeren Mattke
Soeren Mattke, director of the Brain Health Observatory at the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, discusses how a simple blood test could affect how Alzheimer’s is diagnosed.
Is technology making us more or less healthy?
Two USC Dornsife experts — a psychology professor and a professor of biological sciences and anthropology — have very different views on the issue.