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…
Clinicians at CHLA have noted that obese children with acute leukemia benefit less from chemotherapy than normal weight children. Steven Mittelman, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and physiology & biophysics, Keck School of Medicine of USC and colleagues at The Sa…
An interdisciplinary team of researchers developed a tiny pacemaker for unborn babies with a fatal heart problem called fetal heart block. Fetal heart block is a condition that causes an extremely slow heart rate, which may not be adequate to sustain the circulation. Babies with…
In a pilot investigation, Wei Li, PhD, professor of dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, showed that heat shock protein 90alpha, found widely in cells throughout the human body, significantly improves healing when applied to skin ulcers in diabetic patients. The research…
USC researchers are exploring ways to use mobile phones and text-messaging to improve compli¬ance with diabetes regimens for patients seen in the emergency department at LA County + USC Medical Center.
A multidisciplinary team from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School of Cinematic Arts produced a short film, “The Tamale Lesson,” and demonstrated the power of narrative storytelling to educate women from various cultural backgrounds about cervical cancer.
The Southern California city of Long Beach is home to American’s second largest port, a large municipal airport, and some of the busiest free¬ways in the country. As a result, Long Beach has some of the highest rates of both air pollution and asthma in the United States; 30% of …
Patients who receive health care in complex public health systems often encounter significant barriers and delays when they are referred from their primary providers to specialists.