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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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Healthy Tech Help Down the Road

December 29th, 2010 - 10:37 am

This week’s science section of the Times seems even more bountiful than usual. One article noted that we are gaining roughly a year of life for every year we are alive and healthy, but cautioned that we are probably going … Continue reading →

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International Conference on Aging Research

June 11th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

Despite the graying of the Boomers, one medical specialty you don’t hear much about is geriatrics. In fact, there are only about 7,500 geriatricians in the U.S. – 9,000, if you include geriatric psychiatrists.  It’s considered a minor specialty when … Continue reading →

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Mayo Aging Research Conference Set

March 25th, 2010 - 3:34 pm

International experts on the aging process will be converging on a small river town in Minnesota this  summer. From the Netherlands and the UK, from Harvard Square and San Antonio they will come to Red Wing to share recent findings … Continue reading →

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Jan van Duersen receives named professorship

August 19th, 2009 - 11:37 am

Nicholas Wade’s excellent article on the science of aging in the Times this week made me think about the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging here at Mayo and its director, James Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D. One of the major … Continue reading →

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