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Hypoparathyroidism – New Insights in Patient Conditions

June 17th, 2013 - 12:45 pm

The parathyroid glands, located in the back of the neck, secrete parathyroid hormone which controls calcium, phosphorous and vitamin D in the blood and in your bones. In hypoparathyroidism not enough hormone is produced, causing calcium levels to drop and … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Findings, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged Dr. Bart Clarke, endocrinology, Hypoparathyroidism, Mayo Clinic, parathyroid hormone, PTH | Leave a comment

No Need to Test Breast Cancer for This Biomarker

June 3rd, 2013 - 7:53 am

Edith Perez, M.D., an internationally known breast cancer researcher, and deputy director at large of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, is fond of finding simplicity in treatment where possible. Her recent study has done just that. Published in the Journal … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Findings, Innovations, People, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged biomarkers, breast cancer, Edith Perez, HER2, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, PTEN | Leave a comment

Individualized Medicine and BIO 2013

April 23rd, 2013 - 2:37 pm

CHICAGO– There was a time at the BIO conference when the term genomics was scarcely known. Today it ranks with other buzz words on the exhibit floor here in Chicago and as a topic in the hundreds of meetings that … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Events, Innovations, People, Uncategorized | Tagged BIO 2013, Center for Individualized Medicine, individualized Medicine, individualized Medicine clinic, Mayo Clinic | Comments (1)

Sweden Comes to Minnesota at BIO 2013

April 23rd, 2013 - 10:45 am

Talk about a meeting of minds. I had to take a step back, literally as the Minnesota pavilion here at BIO got a little crowded. For two hours today trade and research delegates from Sweden crowded into the pavilion for … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (3)

Minnesota High Schooler in Science Finals – BIO 2013

April 23rd, 2013 - 10:37 am

CHICAGO — The next generation of scientists from Minnesota and the rest of the nation are making themselves known. The Biotechnology Institute has sponsored another international competition for high school scientists here at BIO 2013 and Minnesota’s finalist is Rena … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Awards, Events, Findings, Innovations, People, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged awards, BIO 2013, Mayo Clinic, New Prague, science education | Leave a comment

The Minnesota Pavilion – BIO 2013

April 22nd, 2013 - 12:22 pm

Minnesota has a common border with Kentucky and is adjacent to Belgium and Spain. No, global geography hasn’t shifted — or has it? Someone said that this conference “smashes” the entire world into one room so they have to … Continue reading →

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A First: Mayo Clinic and Collaborators Heal Human Heart From Within

April 10th, 2013 - 8:50 am

Using patients’ own cells, Mayo researchers used a special cocktail of proteins to train them to become heart-like and successfully introduced them to the individuals’ cardiac tissue that had been damaged by disabling heart attacks. All participants in this Phase … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Findings, Innovations, People, Progress Updates, Uncategorized | Tagged cardiology, Center for Regenerative Medicine, heart attack, heart failure, heart repair, Mayo Clinic, regenerative medicine, stem cells | Leave a comment

Kinecting with Annerieke, Part 9

April 8th, 2013 - 7:26 am

Annerieke Heuvelink, Ph.D. is a researcher with the Dutch institution TNO, who is spending a year at Mayo Clinic working in the HAIL Laboratory, a partnership between Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging and … Continue reading →

By alainewestra | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged exer-gaming | Comments (1)

Video Competition: Clinical Lab Science Program Celebrates Profession

March 29th, 2013 - 3:11 pm

In celebration of National Laboratory Professionals Week, students from the Mayo Clinic Clinical Laboratory Science Program produced a short video explaining what sparked their interest in laboratory science. Mayo Clinic has hundreds of young professionals working in its research labs … Continue reading →