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Researchers at the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC are testing a topical cream on precancerous patches in the mouth.

The comprehensive study on the health effects of PFAS is supported by an award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Created at USC from more than 54,000 brain scans, the model will help researchers detect changes in neural pathways linked to aging, Alzheimer’s disease and developmental conditions.

New research on preclinical Alzheimer’s disease — before symptoms begin — shows that people decline at different rates and that those patterns are linked to key biomarkers.

USC Roski Eye Institute ophthalmologist Kyle Bolo is filling gaps in the field’s understanding of early detection efforts.

A USC study finds one quarter of people with a “healthy” BMI meet the standard of clinical obesity, and 50% of those deemed overweight by their BMI would be reclassified as obese.

USC researchers compared changes in gene expression among vapers, smokers and non-users to investigate molecular pathways linked to cancer and other diseases.

A $2.1 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine supports the effort to better understand mature lab-grown kidney structures.

USC researchers built a robotic hand that hears a melody once and plays it back on a keyboard just two minutes later. The possibilities go far beyond music.

In the largest real-world analysis of U.S. patients, researchers used insurance claims data to study the effectiveness of five drugs known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors to better understand differences in how the drugs affect patient outcomes.