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USC collaboration helps FaceBase reach 1,000-dataset milestone

Rapid technological development in the past decade has allowed scientists to generate more data than ever before. At the same time, increased calls for transparency, reproducibility and data sharing in the scientific community have made it increasingly important to store data for posterity — and to serve as a springboard for future discoveries. Enter the…Continue Reading USC collaboration helps FaceBase reach 1,000-dataset milestone

Study of skull birth defect takes it from the top

Contrary to the popular song, the neck bone is actually connected to one of 22 separate head bones that make up the human skull. These plate-like bones intersect at specialized joints called sutures, which normally allow the skull to expand as the brain grows, but are absent in children with a birth defect called craniosynostosis….Continue Reading Study of skull birth defect takes it from the top