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New York Hospitals Searching Genomes, Mayo has Clinic in Operation


Readers of the New York Times today saw a nice overview story of how the leading research hospitals in the metro area are competing to use genomic and molecular tools to  attack cancers of various types. It’s always good to … Continue reading

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National Research Study on Lung Cancer Prevention


Mayo Clinic in Rochester is a member of the Cancer Prevention Network (CPN) and is participating in a national research study on lung cancer prevention. You may be eligible to participate in this research study if you: are age 45–79 … Continue reading

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Five Reasons to Sign Up for Mayo Clinic Cancer Center’s New Email Newsletter


Forefront is the complimentary magazine of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, a leader in translational cancer research and the effort to discover better ways to prevent, detect and treat cancer for patients around the globe. Published in print and online … Continue reading

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Do you have Barrett’s Esophagus? Volunteers sought for Research Study.


The Cancer Prevention Network (CPN) is inviting people, 18 years and older, who have been diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus to take part in a study to learn if and how metformin affects you and your esophagus. Specifically, they are trying … Continue reading

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Translocations in T-cell lymphoma: A first


A Mayo research team recently scored a first that garnered some valuable information regarding biomarkers for T-cell lymphoma, a fatal condition that has a 60 to 70 percent mortality rate. The up side is that this discovery may lead to … Continue reading

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Mayo authors win best paper award


An independent selection panel  has chosen a paper by a Mayo group of authors as the best article over a two year period in Mathematical Biosciences. The Bellman Prize, named for journal founder Dr. Richard Bellman, goes to David Dingli, … Continue reading

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Mayo scores another SPORE


No, this isn’t about the spores you learned about in high school biology. This is the highly regarded grant from the National Cancer Institute. It stands for Specialized Program for Research Excellence and with this one, for ovarian cancer research, … Continue reading

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Jan van Duersen receives named professorship


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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