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Twins News

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  Surprising Results in USC Study of Twins

  December 19, 2011

  Older female cancer survivors are significantly more likely to suffer from long-term cognitive impairment after diagnosis and treatment compared to their twin sibling with no history of cancer, a USC study found. The risk… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: cancer, disease, margaret gatz, natural sciences, psychology, publication, social sciences, study, twins

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  Twin Study Offers Insight into Antisocial Behavior

  November 16, 2011

  There is good reason students and faculty walking the halls of the Seeley G. Mudd building think they are seeing double — they are. For the past 11 years, hundreds of sets of twins have visited the lab of Laura Baker,… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: behavior, brain, genetics, laura baker, natural sciences, psychology, social sciences, twins

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  USC Dornsife Professors Receive Honorary Degrees

  July 29, 2011

  Waterman Presented Honorary Doctorate by Ambrosia Viramontes-Brody Michael Waterman, widely regarded as the founding father of computational biology, openly admits he has never taken a biology course. There was however a… more>

  categories: faculty research

  tags: award, biological sciences, biology, computational biology, degree, dementia, honor, margaret gatz, mathematics, michael waterman, natural sciences, psychology, social sciences, sweden, twins