Tag Archives: stem cells

Mayo Clinic to co-host 2013 World Stem Cell Summit in San Diego

April 16th, 2013 - 9:19 am

On the heels of a major advancement in the field of regenerative medicine, Mayo Clinic and others continue to look to the future and the potential of regenerative medicine. Today, Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) announced details of the 9th annual … Continue reading →

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A First: Mayo Clinic and Collaborators Heal Human Heart From Within

April 10th, 2013 - 8:50 am

Using patients’ own cells, Mayo researchers used a special cocktail of proteins to train them to become heart-like  and successfully introduced them to the individuals’ cardiac tissue that had been damaged by disabling heart attacks. All participants in this Phase … 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 Participates in Karolinska Symposium

October 28th, 2010 - 10:37 am

As part of its continuing relationship with the Karolinska Institute, Mayo Clinic research leaders are participating in the upcoming symposium on regenerative medicine in Sweden, November 3-5. The event is part of the Frontiers in Biomedical Research relationship established earlier … Continue reading →

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Mayo Researcher Wins NIH Innovator Award

October 4th, 2010 - 12:12 pm

Timothy Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is one of the winners of the Director’s Innovation Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award – given to young researchers who are trying new ideas and approaches — brings with it a maximum … Continue reading →

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Fall Issue – Discovery’s Edge

September 17th, 2009 - 2:13 pm

Four new features plus, from Mayo’s research magazine: Data Mining to Redesign Critical Care Services Using informatics, epidemiology, systems engineering and in-depth medical-record studies, this groundbreaking work is improving patient safety in ICUs and significantly cutting the cost of health … Continue reading →

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More and Diverse ESC Lines Needed

August 9th, 2009 - 6:25 pm

As the federal government’s new policy on embryonic stem cells becomes better understood, it’s clear that the outcome may be fewer available lines in the short term, depending on how a review panel evaluates each line’s origins. Mayo’s Jennifer McCormick, … Continue reading →

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Mayo Researcher’s Comment in Nature

July 2nd, 2009 - 1:38 pm

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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