Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Kelvin Davies http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/35722/kelvin-davies/ Two USC professors were knighted on May 9 by an Order of the French Republic, among the highest civilian decorations awarded in France. Kelvin J. A. Davies, James E. Birren Professor of Gerontology at the USC Davis School of...]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 10:50:00 -0500 Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help doctors...]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:34:00 -0500 When the body fights oxidative damage, it calls up a reservist enzyme that protects cells — but only if those cells are relatively young, a study has found. Biologists at USC discovered major declines in the...]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:58:00 -0500