Month: January 2019

Caitlin Dawson | January 28, 2019 USC researchers found “hidden factors” in medical data that could improve Alzheimer’s disease prediction and lead to better outcomes. NEUROSCIENTIST PAUL THOMPSON (LEFT) WITH COMPUTER SCIENTIST GREG VER STEEG. (PHOTO/CAITLIN DAWSON.) Nearly 50 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. While age is the greatest risk…Continue Reading USC Researchers Use AI to Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

Brain changes associated with leaky capillaries suggest new, potential drug targets as well as a way to diagnose the disease sooner BY Leigh Hopper JANUARY 14, 2019 This image depicts a blood vessel in the brain that has become leaky, or permeable. (Illustration/Courtesy of Arthur Toga) Leaky capillaries in the brain portend early onset of Alzheimer’s…Continue Reading USC Alzheimer’s researchers find new culprit and potential treatment target for disease

January 2, 2019 by Kelly Puente in News Some teachers are able to build deep emotional connections with students and inspire them to learn. What does that look like in the brain? The University of Southern California is exploring that question and other connections between the brain and effective teaching in a new study launched this fall at Intellectual…Continue Reading ‘First of its kind’ study at Long Beach charter school uses brain imaging to measure effective teaching

Stem cell technology drives the research at AcuraStem, a startup founded as a result of the work in a USC lab (one in a three-part series) BY Emily Chu JANUARY 3, 2019 AcuraStem team members participated in the ALS Association Golden West Chapter‘s Walk to Defeat ALS at Exposition Park. (Photo/Roxan Olivas, AcuraStem) Justin Ichida keeps…Continue Reading Innovators of USC: Justin Ichida stays at the forefront of ALS research