Tag Archives: Kogod Center on Aging

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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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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