A collaboration between the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the center will use stem cell engineering to uncover disease mechanisms and advance new therapies. Read more about USC's Center for Stem Cell Engineering.
The award recognizes McMahon’s career advancing developmental biology and building scientific communities, including USC Stem Cell. Read more about Andy McMahon.
Mapping the human kidney, researchers discovered an unrecognized developmental axis and engineered “synthetic organizer” cells to recreate key developmental signals, producing improved lab-grown organoids for studying disease and therapies. Read more about the Science paper.
Researchers developed a way to grow and genetically engineer the progenitor cells that give rise to macrophages, a type of first-responder immune cell that shows promise for developing immunotherapies for cancers and other diseases. The research is published in Cell. Read more about the Cell paper.
A $2.1 million CIRM grant supports a project designed to understand how mature lab-grown kidney structures, which combine filtering and urine-collecting components, can improve the study of disease and therapies. Read more about the grant project.
A PhD student in the USC Stem Cell lab of Michael Bonaguidi, Nguyen was awarded a grant from the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund for studies aiming to stimulate growth of new brain cells and, ultimately, reverse the course of dementia. Read more about Nguyen.
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