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USC Scientists Unveil 5-in-1 Blood Test for Early Alzheimer’s Detection • May 28, 2025, 11:54 AM ET (SciTechDaily)
Aclarion Announces Addition of Keck Medical Center of USC as CLARITY Trial Site • May 20, 2025, 1:57 AM ET (Globe and Mail)

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Date 1880 - present
Notable Alumni Irvin Kershner • Shinzo Abe • George Lucas • Mohamed Morsi • Timothy Olyphant • John Wayne • James Hong • America Ferrera • Frank Gehry • Will Ferrell • Maulana Karenga • O.J. Simpson • Mabel Walker Willebrandt • Doug Emhoff • Robert Kardashian • Jon M. Chu • John J. Mearsheimer • Judd Apatow • Michael Griffin • Cindy McCain • Cheryl Miller • Mark McGwire • Troy Polamalu • Michael Tilson Thomas • Matthew Weiner • Forest Whitaker • Shonda Rhimes • Randy Johnson • Robert Zemeckis • Ray Harryhausen • Rian Johnson • Sondra Radvanovsky • Marc Connelly • Norman Schwarzkopf • Dean Heller • Charles Bolden • Cynthia Cooper-Dyke • Lisa Ling • James Ivory • Ntozake Shange • José Quintero • Anthony Muñoz • John Singleton • Parry O’Brien • Robert McAlmon • Irving Stone • Charley Paddock • Werner Arber • Gerald Carr • Charles Wakefield Cadman • Charles F. Richter

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