In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, USC scientists use lab-grown human brain structures known as organoids to offer insights into why this is the case and how to mitigate the risk.
“We really need new strategies to be able to provide a timely transplant for our patients,” Linda Sher says.
The grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will create the USC ASCEND Center.
The honor recognizes innovation that has a real impact on the welfare of society.
A USC study describes how specific gene activity could potentially enhance immune cell production.
The cerebellum controls movement and plays important roles in cognitive functions including language, memory and emotional processing.
USC Stem Cell scientists explain why sensory hearing cells of the inner ear don’t regenerate — and how we might be able to change that.
Alma Zuniga Munoz is the recipient of the coveted fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The prestigious National Institutes of Health awards promising doctoral students with mentored research training with the long-term goal of developing productive, independent research scientists.
With a $1 million prize from the Kidney Innovation Accelerator, or KidneyX, USC Stem Cell scientists are on a quest to build a “kidney” that resembles the real thing in function, if not in form.
