Research Team Evaluates Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease and Improve Mild Cognitive Impairment
The SC CTSI provided support for research to study a drug that may ultimately restore cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).
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USC Pediatric Surgeon Leads Nationwide Study to Help Children with Liver Disease
To compare outcomes of two common surgical procedures for children with liver complications due to Alagille syndrome, researcher Kasper Wang, MD, associate professor of surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC and pediatric surgeon, CHLA is driving a collaborative study with coll…
Cross-Institutional Study Looks within Arteries to Understand Effects of Cholesterol Medications
In a multi-year study, USC researchers are partnering with researchers from around the country to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to understand the long-term effect of statin drugs on the arterial blockages associated with atherosclerosis, the world’s leading cause of death…
SC CTSI-Supported Research Drives Global Health Policy
Research by Jessica Maria Atrio, MD, former clinical fellow, Keck School of Medicine of USC, demonstrated that a safe but less-frequently prescribed birth control “mini-pill” is effective for women taking human immunodefciency virus (HIV) medications.
Drug Treatment for Alcohol Abuse Advances to Human Trials in Cross-Institutional Study
Daryl Davies, PhD, associate professor of clinical pharmacy, USC School of Pharmacy, and his collaborators at the University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) discovered that ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasitic infections in millions …
Scaffolding Technology for Stem Cell- Induced Gut Tissue Regeneration
The SC CTSI helped researchers accelerate the development of a stem cell-based therapy that regenerates gut tissue lost to necrotizing enterocolitis, a complication that can affect prematurely born infants. Pediatric surgeon Tracy Grikscheit, MD, assistant professor of surgery, …
USC Researchers Develop Novel Approach to the Discovery of New Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drugs
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the USC School of Pharmacy demonstrated a way to generate potential new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drugs by inhibiting a crucial enzyme in the HIV repli…
Implantable Pump to Deliver Tumor-Fighting Drugs in the Brain
Many drugs cannot pass from the bloodstream into the brain and spinal cord. When patients have cancers that involve these sites, it may be difficult to get important chemotherapies in to fight the cancer. Ellis Meng, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering, USC Viterbi School o…