CBS News featured research led by Pinchas Cohen on a newly discovered microprotein linked to Alzheimer’s disease risk. “This discovery opens exciting new directions for developing precision medicine-based therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on SHMOOSE as a target area,” Cohen said. The Hill, The Times (UK), Kaiser Health News, Telegraph (UK), Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, Technology Networks, Medical News Today, Neuroscience News, Mint (India), GenomeWeb, KFIam 640, MyNewsLA, Daily Mail, Talker, Annenberg Media, Daily Trojan, and Science Daily also covered the study.
A mutation in the small protein SHMOOSE is associated with Alzheimer’s risk and highlights a possible target for treatment.
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Washington Post featured research by Caleb Finch and Jennifer Ailshire on air pollution and Alzheimer’s risk. “The main point is we now realize that Alzheimer’s disease is very sensitive to environmental effects, including air pollution,” Finch said.
“Freedom to Fly” by Seattle artist Maureen Mitchell will be on display through December, 2022
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Vox spoke with Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School about COVID-19 death rates among young people. She said high rates of chronic disease, obesity, and diabetes had not yet affected mortality statistics, but when a disease — Covid-19 — came along that had these as risk factors, “it was like lighting a match.”
Adria Navarro PhD ’11 not only connects older adults with community resources but also promotes their self-determination.
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Despite vaccination rollout, 2021 reductions in life expectancy appear to exceed those in 2020, and racial disparities have persisted, say researchers.
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Researchers across USC have joined forces to uncover the connection between the air we breathe and lifelong brain health.
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Cutting-edge RNA study of neutrophils at the single-cell provides vital groundwork for further investigation of how immunity differs based on sex.
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