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August 3, 2016

Mayo Clinic Takes Medical Research to Kilimanjaro

By Robert Nellis Robert Nellis (@bobnellis)

The core group of Mayo Clinic researchers that moved their lab to the base camp at Mount Everest to study heart disease and aging are at it again, this time in Africa. Along with a party of nearly 35, they will be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, obtaining scientific data from the climbers along the way. Led by […]

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Tags: aging, altitude sickness, physiology


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