Spinal cord stimulation, physical therapy help paralyzed man stand, walk with assistance
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Spinal cord stimulation and physical therapy have helped a man paralyzed since 2013 regain his ability to stand and walk with assistance. The results, achieved in a research collaboration between Mayo Clinic and UCLA, are reported in Nature Medicine. With an implanted stimulator turned on, the man, Jered Chinnock, was able to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - September 24, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Deep space medicine research program to improve health on Earth
A full year before?Alejandro Rabinstein, M.D., was born in Cordoba, Argentina, Apollo 11 made the first?successful landing on the moon and U.S. astronaut Neil?Armstrong became the first person to set foot on another planet.?That was the summer of 1969. Forty-eight years later, Dr. Rabinstein?has become Mayo Clinic?s expert on deep space travel medicine ? a?role [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - September 22, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Offering underserved groups access to cutting-edge research
Groups such as racial minorities, older individuals, and those with low income are less likely than others to participate in clinical trials, according to government agencies. For example, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration?reports?that racial and ethnic minority groups represent only 19 percent of drug trial participants in the U.S., yet these groups make up [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - July 21, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers uncover methods to quantify the yips and golfer's cramp
The findings could open the door to improved treatment options SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ? Almost every golfer knows the feeling. Minutes after a picture-perfect drive down the fairway, a cascade of inexplicable missed putts leads to a disappointing triple bogey. Golfers? lapses in play sometimes are blamed on a mysterious twitching condition called "the yips." But [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - July 19, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Anesthesia, surgery linked to subtle decline in memory and thinking in older adults, Mayo study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? In adults over 70, exposure to general anesthesia and surgery is associated with a subtle decline in memory and thinking skills, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study analyzed nearly 2,000 participants in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging and found that exposure to anesthesia after age 70 was linked to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - July 19, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Senolytics improve health, extend life: Preclinical research findings
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? The presence of senescent or dysfunctional cells can make young mice age faster. And using senolytic drugs in elderly mice to remove these rogue cells can improve health and extend life. These findings from Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators provide a foundation on which to move forward in this area of aging [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - July 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo researchers find off/on switch for DNA repair protein
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Damage to DNA is a daily occurrence but one that human cells have evolved to manage. Now, in a new paper published in Nature Structural& Molecular Biology, Mayo researchers have determined how one DNA repair protein gets to the site of DNA damage. The authors say they hope this discovery research [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - July 2, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Building a scientific collaborative space
Combining innovative Mayo Clinic labs with medical businesses and creative start-up companies will help Rochester ? and benefit patients. Outside his office in the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Chris Schad leans over a model of downtown Rochester, Minn. He traces out Discovery Square ? the 16-block area south of the main Mayo Clinic [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - June 30, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Women's Wellness: Hot flashes and night sweats happen after menopause
Menopause symptoms are not just for midlife anymore, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the North American Menopause Society. The study, conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic gathered data from nearly 5,000 women. When asked whether they experienced any symptoms commonly associated with menopause, such as hot flashes and night [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - June 28, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: The collective wisdom of biobanks
Since ancient times physicians have analyzed patient specimens to diagnose illness. Now, our samples can do far more than diagnose. They can help researchers find treatments for the unmet needs of patients. ?A biobank is a collection of biological samples from a large number of patients,? explains?Stephen Thibodeau, Ph.D., co-director of the?Biorepositories Program in the [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - June 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo study identifies new potential treatment option for triple negative breast cancer
In this study, Mayo investigators identified that the [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - May 16, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo discovery means individualized ovarian, brain cancer therapies
ROCHESTER, Minn. ??Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a molecular communication pathway ? thought to be defective in cancer ? is a key player in determining the effectiveness of measles virus oncolytic cancer treatment in ovarian and aggressive brain cancers. This discovery enabled researchers to develop an algorithm to predict treatment effectiveness in individual patients. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - May 16, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Children?s Hospital Colorado, Mayo Clinic announce collaboration on rare congenital heart defect
AURORA, Colorado ? Mayo Clinic?s Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Children?s Hospital Colorado are collaborating to provide solutions for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare and complex form of congenital heart disease in which the left side of the heart is severely underdeveloped. ?We are thrilled [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - May 8, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic joins NIH in launching All of Us Research Program
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? On May 6, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will open national enrollment for the All of Us Research Program. According to the NIH the program is a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds. All of Us seeks to transform the relationship between researchers [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - May 1, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Why breakfast may be key to trimming your belly
If you're wanting to lose pounds and your belly, breakfast may be your best friend. "For reasons that we don't quite understand yet, eating breakfast? seems to be a marker of, No. 1, less likelihood of having gained weight recently, and, No. 2, ... a smaller belly circumference and less visceral fat," Dr. Virend Somers, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 25, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
