Items Tagged ‘diabetes’
February 18, 2019
Head to the Lab for the Treatments of Tomorrow
By Sara Tiner 
Medical breakthroughs start in the lab with a phase of research called discovery science. It helps to understand how the body functions and how disease begins at the most basic level. That in turn provides insight into how whatever has gone wrong can be fixed. To kick off the medical treatments of tomorrow, the Center […]
Tags: Aleksey Matveyenko, basic research, CAR-T, Center for Biomedical Discovery, Christina Pabelick, colon cancer, diabetes, Discovery Awards, discovery research, fatty acid metabolism, Hu Li, Hu Zeng
January 14, 2019
New algorithms help predict diabetes treatment failure
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Metformin is the recommended first line treatment for type 2 diabetes, and is often used to prevent progression of prediabetes to diabetes. Unfortunately, it will not work for over one third of patients who take it, a condition called “therapeutic failure.” Historically there has been little way of knowing whether a patient will or will […]
Tags: artificial intelligence, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, diabetes
October 9, 2018
Often people with diabetes have brain changes that are hallmarks of both Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Some researchers believe that each condition fuels the damage caused by the other. That link may occur as a result of the ways that type 2 diabetes affects the ability of the brain and other body tissues to […]
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Center for Regenerative Medicine, diabetes, endocrinology, gene therapy, Guojon Bu, stem cells
August 28, 2018
Stem cell differentiation for diabetes: Alexander Revzin, Ph.D.
Alexander Revzin, Ph.D., is a professor of biomedical engineering at Mayo Clinic and recipient of a 2018 Regenerative Medicine Minnesota Research Award. He is developing microcapsules that could be used as cell carriers during differentiation of stem cells into pancreatic islets. These same capsules may also be useful as vehicles for islet transplantation. This technology […]
Tags: Alexander Revzin, Center for Regenerative Medicine, diabetes, medical research, regenerative medicine, Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, stem cells
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 5, 2018
Research News Roundup-June 2018
Each month, we publish Mayo Clinic’s Research News Roundup. This article includes brief summaries and links to news releases from the preceding month that discuss some of our latest medical research. It also connects readers to related resources. This month’s Roundup includes a number of findings related pancreatic cancer and other gastrointestinal disorders, as well […]
Tags: basic science, cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, constipation, diabetes, DNA, DNA testing, gastroenterology, gene mutation, genetic testing, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer
October 10, 2017
Researchers Link Alzheimer’s Gene to Type III Diabetes
By Kate Ledger
Researchers have known for several years that being overweight and having Type II diabetes can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. But they’re now beginning to talk about another form of diabetes—Type III diabetes—that’s also associated with the neurodegenerative disease. This newly defined diabetes occurs when the neurons in the brain become unable to […]
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, diabetes
September 5, 2017
Regenerative Diabetes Conference on Islet Regeneration and Replacement: Sept. 29-30
Registration is now open for the Mayo Clinic Regenerative Diabetes International Conference on Islet Regeneration and Replacement. The conference will take place Sept. 29-30, 2017 in Rochester, Minn. Registration is free, but seating is limited. The Mayo Clinic Regenerative Diabetes International Conference on Islet Regeneration and Replacement brings together academia and industry leaders from diverse areas of islet […]
Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, diabetes, stem cells
March 11, 2015
Diabetes and Minnesota Community Measurement
Researchers and clinicians working with the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery have observed that patients with diabetes with good control of their disease had better clinical outcomes. In this study of 5,731 patients with diabetes, patients were evaluated to see how well their disease control was on three measures selected by […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, diabetes
January 15, 2015
A Line in the Sand – Mayo Clinic’s Role in Early Insulin Research
By bobnellis 
Early in the 20th century, a desperate group of patients began appearing at Mayo Clinic in the hope that the specialists there could keep them alive. Mostly children and younger adults, they had been afflicted with a condition that only years before would have been a death sentence — type I diabetes. Doctors at Mayo, […]
Tags: diabetes, endocrinology