Exploring Medical Frontiers

Remo Rohs discusses the work of USC Dornsife’s Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology.

Teens who think about social issues and violence in reflective ways show greater resilience to the effects of violence exposure on their brain development, USC research finds.

The study will investigate neural biological mechanisms underlying the link between diabetes in pregnancy and child’s risk of obesity.

USC researchers conducted one of the first nationally representative studies of adolescent use of the psychoactive products, which have intoxicating effects that resemble marijuana.

USC scientists conducted one of the largest-ever multiethnic studies of smoking and epigenetics. It could lead to better ways of predicting risk of smoking-related disease.

A USC study describes how specific gene activity could potentially enhance immune cell production.

One size doesn’t fit all, so USC researchers are examining what we know — and what we don’t — about the differences in how women and men age.

USC study shows that the devices reduce the risk of death by almost 25%.

USC study shows that the devices reduce the risk of death by almost 25%.

The beneficial variant could be key to developing future pharmaceutical interventions.