From babies to senior citizens, researcher works for better outcomesWhen Denis Evseenko was still a student at Novosibirsk State Medical University in southern Siberia, he began pondering the meaning of life. “I was reading a lot of philosophic things [saying that] everything is pointless because you will die,” he said. “And the only one thing that makes it not completely pointless is that you can have…by dwu150
Keck Medical Center named to 2019-20 U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor RollKeck Medical Center of USC, which includes Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, was ranked No. 16 on U.S. News & World Report 2019-20 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, hospital officials announced early Tuesday. The academic medical center, which recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, also was ranked among the top 5 hospitals in California and top…by
Min Yu brings curiosity and compassion to cancer researchIn her new lab, Min Yu observed the eerie predictability of a line of human breast cancer cells. First in one mouse, then in many, the cells metastasized again and again to the same vital organ: the brain. Alarmed, Yu telephoned the oncologist who had collected the cells from a patient. Yu learned that the patient had…by
Grant to support patient diversity in cardiac surgery clinical trialsA highly competitive $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will support Keck School of Medicine of USC efforts to recruit patients from underrepresented populations into cardiac surgery clinical trials. The seven-year grant funds the Keck School’s ongoing research contributions to the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN),…by