USC Stem Cell

11/11/2025

Take a journey into the world of stem cell biology with our USC Stem Cell master's program at Keck School of Medicine of USC! Our info session will take place on Nov. 20, and the application portal is open at https://gradadm.usc.edu.

11/07/2025

Scientists combine kidney filtering and urine-concentrating components to create “assembloids,” the most mature and complex kidney structures ever grown in a lab and a tool for developing new therapies.

11/07/2025

Egg whites may be perfect for a health-conscious breakfast, but egg yolks turned out to be the key ingredient for cultivating bird embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in the lab. Using a growing medium of egg yolk along with a few other key factors, a USC Stem Cell-led team of scientists has succeeded in de...

11/07/2025

Did you know zebrafish share many of the same genes as humans?

Gage Crump, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC Stem Cell, explains how this tiny fish is helping advance human health research.

10/07/2025

We’re proud to share that Drs. Denis Evseenko and Toby Maher have received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop a regenerative drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a disease that causes progressive scarring of the lungs.

Their research aims to restore damaged lung tissue and bring new hope to patients living with IPF.

Learn more about their groundbreaking work here: https://stemcell.keck.usc.edu/physician-scientists-denis-evseenko-and-toby-maher-win-3-2-million-grant-from-the-national-institute-on-aging-to-develop-regenerative-drug-for-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/.

It might start with a shortness of breath that’s easily dismissed as getting older or needing more exercise. But for the nearly 3 million patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), this subtle symptom rapidly worsens into a suffocating inability to breathe, often leading to a dangerous ele...

10/02/2025

CAR T cell therapy has revolutionized treatment for blood cancers, but solid tumors like prostate and ovarian cancer remain a challenge. Now, Dr. Saul Priceman and John P. Murad PhD, in collaboration with the City of Hope, have engineered next-gen CAR T cells that that shrink tough solid tumors safely, bringing hope beyond blood cancers.

This is a major step forward in making CAR T therapy work against the toughest cancers. Learn more: https://keck.usc.edu/news/next-generation-car-t-cells-could-expand-solid-cancer-treatment-options/.

10/01/2025

Exciting breakthrough: USC Stem Cell researchers create genuine embryonic stem cells from birds using egg yolk! Discover more: https://stemcell.keck.usc.edu/study-generates-authentic-embryonic-stem-cell-from-birds/.

Egg whites may be perfect for a health-conscious breakfast, but egg yolks turned out to be the key ingredient for cultivating bird embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in the lab. Using a growing medium of egg yolk along with a few other key factors, a USC Stem Cell-led team of scientists has succeeded in de...

09/26/2025

Congratulations to USC COMPASS student Alara Berkmen for winning the Astronaut Scholarship award for her research on pediatric cancer.

Alara Berkmen, a biomedical engineering student, is recognized for leadership and dedication to cancer research.

09/25/2025

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Broad Collaborative Challenge Grants for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows at USC Stem Cell!

When learning to become a great scientist, the most important lesson might be how to collaborate. To encourage this essential skill, for the past decade, USC Stem Cell has awarded one-year challenge grants of up to $15,000 to small teams of PhD students and postdoctoral fellows launching cross-disci...