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 deriving and…Continue Reading USC Stem Cell-led study generates authentic embryonic stem cell from birds
Year: 2025
Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumni: Guanyi Huang, Associate Principal Scientist at Merck
Guanyi Huang, associate principal scientist at Merck, has often found himself in the right place at the right time. The son of a middle school math teacher and computer science professor-turned-entrepreneur, Huang developed an early fascination with molecular biology. He grew up in the city of Xinyang in central China, and majored in biology as…Continue Reading Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumni: Guanyi Huang, Associate Principal Scientist at Merck