Items Tagged ‘biomedical research’
July 18, 2018
Popular films spark community dialogue about biomedical ethics
When was the last time a movie really made you think, changed how you viewed the world or helped you understand an important topic? Bioethics at the Cinema, organized by the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Program and the Rochester Public Library, wants to do just that. The goal is to use popular films to create community […]
Tags: biomedical ethics, biomedical research, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Individualized Medicine
March 20, 2015
Hope for reversing multiple sclerosis
In 1983, when Moses Rodriguez, M.D., established a small research lab to study multiple sclerosis (MS) at Mayo Clinic, he was told that he was wasting his time. Dr. Rodriguez, now an emeritus staff member, was trained as a physician in neurology. Adding basic science research to his portfolio would be impossible, he was told. […]
Tags: biomedical research, multiple sclerosis, neurosciences
January 5, 2015
The Next Generation of Biomedical Researchers: Torn by Irresistible Forces
Hours of study, lectures to attend, research to complete, labs to monitor, data to analyze, papers to write, new solutions to old problems to noodle on. It’s just another day in the life of a biomedical research student. The to-do list never seems to end. Morning to night, seven days a week. The path to […]
Tags: ALS, biomedical research, Jim Maher, Lou Gehrig's disease, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, neurology, regenerative medicine, research education