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
Transplanted livers help body defend against organ rejection, Mayo Clinic study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. ??Transplanted livers change the profile of blood cells in the recipients, reducing the potential for organ rejection, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings are published in Kidney International. For decades, transplant experts have observed that liver transplant recipients often need less anti-rejection medication, known as immunosuppressive drugs, than recipients of other solid organs. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 18, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Discovering a missing link in DNA damage repair
For years, researchers have known that our genome is protected by a system of detection, evaluation and repair processes that activate any time DNA damage occurs. Upon detection, the damage is assessed, repaired in one way or another, or, if it can?t be repaired the cell is cued to self-destruct. Much of that effort is [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 14, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
New definition of Alzheimer's changes how disease is researched
When you think of dementia, most people automatically think of Alzheimer's disease, too. But, under a new definition of Alzheimer's, the two terms no longer will be considered interchangeable. The new definition is part of a new framework for researching Alzheimer's disease that the?Alzheimer's Association and the National Institute on Aging developed and released. https://youtu.be/L9uCBaHrPYc [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 10, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
#MayoClinicRadio podcast: 4/7/18
Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 4/7/18 On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Timothy Curry, education program director at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, discusses pharmacogenomics testing. Dr. Curry?is joined by?Dr. Michael Stephens, division chair of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, to share how his own pharmacogenomics testing revealed some surprising results. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Identifying characteristics of colon polyps most likely to progress to cancer
Researchers at Mayo Clinic are closer to answering the question, why does one colon polyp transform to cancer while another seemingly identical polyp does not? A colon polyp is a small clump of cells that forms on the lining of the colon. While most colon polyps are harmless some can develop into colon cancer, which [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - March 31, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study asks neurosurgeons: How old is too old to perform brain surgery?
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People sometimes joke that easy tasks are ?not brain surgery.? But what happens when it actually is brain surgery? How old is too old to be a neurosurgeon? In a new Mayo Clinic Proceedings study, most neurosurgeons disagreed with an absolute age cutoff, but half favored additional testing for neurosurgeons 65 and [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - November 15, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic neurologist receives distinguished national achievement award for stroke research
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Neurologist Thomas Brott, M.D., the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Professor of Neurosciences on Mayo Clinic?s Florida campus, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Research Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. He received the honor on Sunday, November 12, during the American Heart Association?s Scientific Sessions in Anaheim, California. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - November 13, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Mayo's approach to untangling Alzheimer's
Families living with?Alzheimer's disease?woke to devastating newspaper headlines recently: Another highly touted drug failed in clinical trials. Drugmaker Eli Lilly's EXPEDITION3 trial tested an antibody, a molecule used by the immune system to fight off disease, called solanezumab. This experimental drug sought to remove harmful proteins in the brain that become building blocks for amyloid, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - November 11, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Research finds hot flashes, night sweats connected to obstructive sleep apnea risk in middle-aged women
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? In a new study published today in Menopause, researchers have found that the hot flashes and night sweats faced by upward of 80 percent of middle-aged women may be linked to an increased risk of obstructive sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea, the most common form of sleep apnea, is characterized by repeated [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - November 1, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers find genetic pathways to individualized treatment for advanced prostate cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Researchers at Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have uncovered genetic clues to why tumors resist a specific therapy used for treating advanced prostate cancer. This discovery can guide health care providers to individualized treatments for castration-resistant prostate cancer, a deadly disease that does not respond to standard hormone therapy. Several U.S. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - November 1, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
In the Loop: Adult stem cells as treatment of the future
When it comes to medical treatments, what sounds like science fiction today could someday become the standard in life-changing medicine. If the research turns out as hoped,?stem cells?? the "master cells" inside our bodies from which all other cells are generated and formed ? could potentially become the leading treatment option in the fight against [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - October 31, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic, Oxford Announce Transatlantic Partnership for Medical Research, Education and Healthcare
ROCHESTER, Minn.???Mayo Clinic, the University of Oxford, and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have signed?an agreement to work together, driving advances in medical research and patient care. This agreement will underpin collaboration in all areas of innovation. Mayo Clinic and Oxford will bring together their respective expertise to improve patient care, make scientific?discoveries and [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - October 3, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Moving from the research lab to clinical care: Precision medicine coming to your medical provider?s office
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Individualized medicine ? the concept of matching medical care precisely to each patient?s genes, lifestyle and environment is no longer ?just a theory. Experts in individualized medicine ? also known as personalized or precision medicine ? will be in Rochester Oct. 9-10, presenting the latest ways to apply precision medicine to all [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - October 3, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
