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February 27, 2019
Leading the charge in regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine therapies aim to rebuild and restore health to patients challenged by chronic conditions and degenerative diseases. Despite advances in the field, much of the science is still in early research phases, meaning that many treatments haven’t been proven safe and effective for humans as standard-of-care therapies yet. Because the scientific process is long, […]
Tags: biomedical ethics, Center for Regenerative Medicine, regenerative medicine, Shane Shapiro, Zubin Master
January 17, 2019
RIGHT 10K: Blazing a trail to health care’s future
Article by Barbara Toman This article originally appeared on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine (CIM) is nearing the finish line of the first stage of its unique RIGHT 10K study—an effort that doesn’t involve running shoes but nevertheless is paving the way to prescribing medications matched to a […]
Tags: Center for Individualized Medicine, Eric Matey, genetics, Jessica Wright, pharmacogenomics, RIGHT 10K study
January 7, 2019
One more gift for you in the new year
Were you good last year? If so (or even if not – we don’t judge) you might enjoy these little gifts of new knowledge, ideas, technology, and more from Mayo Clinic Research. Read on to learn about some of our newest research programs. Explore some of our shiniest websites (so new the dust hasn’t had […]
Tags: basic science, biomedical research, cancer, Center for Biomedical Discovery, E. Aubrey Thompson, Ian Lanza, Jan van Deursen, Jian Yuan, Kathleen Yost, Kay Medina, Kenton Kaufman, liver cancer
December 24, 2018
Our gift to you this holiday season
By Sara Tiner 
Your holiday gift list may include model planes or model rockets, but I hope it also includes the Mayo Model of Research. Haven’t you heard of it? It isn’t new but it is pretty amazing. It’s based around Mayo’s core value, the needs of the patient come first, as that value applies to research. Right […]
November 6, 2018
This article originally appeared on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog on Oct. 23, 2018. Mayo Clinic research is bringing together knowledge of psychiatry, genetics, metabolomics, pharmacogenomics and artificial intelligence to seek biological markers associated with alcohol use disorder and treatment response. Finding the molecular drivers of alcohol use disorder commonly known as alcoholism, could […]
Tags: Center for Individualized Medicine, Mark Frye, pharmacogenomics, Richard Weinshilboum
October 22, 2018
Personalized screening: finding and treating breast cancer sooner
This article originally appeared on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog on Oct. 15, 2018. Article by Sharon Rosen October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to reflect on new, individualized approaches to detecting and treating a cancer that affects 1 in 8 American women. Deborah Rhodes, M.D. and her Mayo Clinic colleagues are […]
Tags: breast cancer, Carrie Hruska, Center for Individualized Medicine, Deborah Rhodes, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Michael O'Connor, Myra Wick
September 11, 2018
Meet Katrina Croghan, Clinical Research Coordinator
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Katrina Croghan is clinical research coordinator for Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, assigned to the division of Hematology in Rochester, Minnesota. She began her career in ecology and animal science, but while en route to a related Ph.D., ended up as a supplemental research coordinator because of her knowledge of writing protocols and conducting research. She says: “For a short […]
Tags: clinical trials, hematology, Katrina Croghan, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
August 2, 2018
Research News Roundup-July 2018
The Mayo Clinic Research News Roundup includes brief summaries and links to research-related news releases from the past month. It also connects readers to associated resources. Read on for more information from Mayo Clinic Research. Anesthesia, surgery linked to subtle decline in memory and thinking in older adults, Mayo study finds In adults over 70, exposure to general […]
Tags: aging, Alzheimer's disease, basic science, DNA, genomics, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, neurology, ovarian cancer, precision medicine, Research News Roundup
July 31, 2018
By Advancing the Science contributor
This article originally appeared on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog on June 4, 2018. Article by Barbara Toman Just as money in the bank boosts your financial well-being, biobanks have the power to impact your health. Think of biobank samples as assets that researchers can draw upon to improve disease treatments. One such withdrawal […]
Tags: Adrian Vella, All of Us, biobank, Center for Individualized Medicine, diabetes, Stephen Thibodeau
July 12, 2018
Arresting melanoma’s molecular drivers
This post originally appeared on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog on May 15, 2018. Article by Barbara Toman Melanoma, the skin cancer often associated with sun exposure, is on the rise and has no reliable cure. Mayo Clinic is at the forefront of efforts aimed at increasing early detection and treatment of this aggressive disease. The […]
Tags: Aleksander Sekulic, cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, gene mutation, immunotherapy, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, melanoma, Minetta Liu