Dr Gary K. Michelson has this year been awarded the Albert B. Sabin Humanitarian Award in recognition of his significant and continual efforts to combat global health issues. Funding provided… read more →

Valter Longo, Professor of Gerontology and Professor of Biological Science at the University of Southern California, has for over 20 years explored the complex relationship between calorie restriction and good… read more →

With its universities, Los Angeles graduates 20% more biotech students than any other university cluster, deploys an average total research expenditures deemed the second highest in the nation and has… read more →

Cas9, an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease enzyme associated with the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspersed Palindromic Repeats) adaptive immunity system in Streptococcus pyogenes, has the faculty to memorize, interrogate and cleave foreign… read more →

In his speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the USC Michelson Center on October 23, 2014, Dr. Gary K. Michelson emphasized that the rewards of tomorrow require planning and action… read more →

The field of neuroscience is a remarkably attractive and rapidly advancing field, however many underlying details of brain function remain poorly understood. In 2013, a drive to unravel the remaining… read more →

The Michelson People’s Choice Award of 2015 has been awarded to ThirdEye, a company created in September 2014 that has received significant attention for its product’s ability to enhance independence… read more →

In the first quarter of 2015, there have already been a number of significant scientific publications with implications for locomotion, pain processing, and spinal cord injury. Here we review five… read more →

The SABIN Vaccine Institute is making significant, impressive progress towards improving global health. Much of this progress has been made possible by the generous financial support of Dr. Gary K.… read more →

Biotech will be the fastest growing sector of the global economy for the next 20 to 30 years. Los Angeles universities produce over 5,000 graduates in the sciences, engineering and… read more →