Clue to Early Indicator of Type 1 Diabetes Identified
In a recent paper published in Cell Reports, Mayo Clinic scientists found that extracellular vesicles encouraged inflammation of pancreatic beta cells and their environment in mouse and cell culture...
View Article5 Tips for Early Career Scientists, From an Early Career Scientist
Biomedical science is about solving puzzles. Why does a cell stop doing its job? How does it know what to do in the first place? These researchers are a vital link in the chain effort that leads to...
View ArticleSafer Space Travel is the Goal of Mayo Researchers
It's a long way to Mars. And nearly all the journey is outside of Earth's semiprotective atmosphere. Even the International Space Station, 248 miles up, is in a relatively safe orbit — meaning...
View ArticlePushing the Limits of Gene Therapy for Osteoarthritis
For more than twenty-five years, Christopher Evans, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic orthopedic scientist, has pushed to expand gene therapy beyond its original scope of treating rare single-gene defects. Not...
View ArticleStem Cells Show Therapeutic Hope for Chronic Lung Rejection
Stem cells show potential to safely slow progression of organ rejection in some lung transplant recipients, according to early Mayo Clinic research. This discovery offers hope of one day providing a...
View ArticleEarly Research Toward a Cell-Free Solution for Stress Urinary Incontinence
Mayo Clinic researchers found a noncellular substance suggested improvement in restoring muscle function and bladder control in preclinical models. The teams of Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D. and Emanuel...
View ArticleEarly Research Finds Hope in Stem Cell Therapy for Perianal Fistulas in...
A dissolvable plug delivered stem cell therapy with few side effects in patients with single tract perianal fistulas, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. Perianal fistulas are painful tunnels between...
View ArticleCAR-T cell therapy restores hope for leukemia patient
Leer en español Jon Stahlecker with his wife, Carolyn, at a balloon festival in Wausau, Wisconsin, in July 2023 Jon Stahlecker had exhausted all treatment options and lost hope of surviving chronic...
View ArticleHighlights of Mayo Clinic research advancements in 2023
Mayo Clinic researchers make new discoveries, develop first-of-its-kind tools and technologies and constantly improve upon existing ones with the goal to provide the best in healthcare. The following...
View ArticleSharing a passion for biomedical engineering with young students
Katy Lydon was in fifth grade when she became enthralled with engineering. A team of engineers visited her classroom and led an exercise in designing, building and testing miniature towers made out of...
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