Tag Archives: Science

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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Mayo Research Teams Highlighted in Science


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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The Public and Science


We’ve lived through the “Generation Gap” and the “Missile Gap” (which wasn’t real). Now many think we are in what could be called the “Science Gap.” A spanking new study by the Pew Research Center and AAAS shows Americans understand less … Continue reading

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Mayo Researcher’s Comment in Nature


Much has been written about the new NIH draft guidelines for stem cell research — including a special section in Science this week and a perspective by Majumder and Cohen, ethicists from Baylor and Georgetown, respectively.  Nature recently editorialized in … Continue reading

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Mayo Investigators Lend Perspective to Science


Mayo neuroscience researchers, Todd Golde, M.D. and Thomas Kukar, Ph.D., are authors of a Perspective article in Science this month. The review piece –  “Avoiding Unintended Toxicity” – examines drugs that inhibit one type of y-secretase, a protease that may … Continue reading

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