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Francis Collins on NPR, Mayo researchers in Science, Wired

December 19th, 2012 - 1:33 pm

It’s been a fun week watching people pop up here and there — some in unexpected places. Steven Ekker, Ph.D., head Mayo Clinic’s zebrafish research program, was part of Elizabeth Pennisi’s article on that up and coming animal research model … Continue reading →

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Mayo Research Teams Highlighted in Science

December 22nd, 2011 - 2:46 pm

Science, the general research journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has highlighted three Mayo Clinic research teams in its year-end issue, out today online. The editors chose Mayo’s recently published discovery on ridding the … Continue reading →

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Mayo Scores Two Hits in Nature Issue

November 3rd, 2011 - 11:13 am

Mayo Clinic publishes its findings in the top journals, but it isn’t every week that we have two papers in a single issue of Nature. Mayo Drs. Jan van Deursen, Darren Baker and James Kirkland have what’s being called an important … Continue reading →

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From Cells, to Mice to People – All Age

June 18th, 2010 - 4:58 pm

The range of expertise at the Mayo/Kogod Aging Conference has been diverse. We’ve heard about cell senesence today. The term senescene is often used as a synonym for aging…a lack of activity or growth. In cell biology it means the … Continue reading →

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The Excitement of Aging

June 18th, 2010 - 9:18 am

“I’m not the man I was!” cried Scrooge, upon waking upon Christmas day. He was more right than he knew. According to experts on aging, you are, in essence, working with a different body. The genetics remain, but the aging … Continue reading →

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