Items Tagged ‘living donor’
May 3, 2022
Research News Roundup — April 2022
By Advancing the Science contributor 
At Mayo Clinic, biomedical, clinical and health care delivery research are ongoing. The evidence gathered by Mayo researchers, and other scientists, is used to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care and achieve the best possible outcomes. Advancing the Science’s Research News Roundup excerpts research-related news releases published in the last month. Read […]
Tags: biomarkers, brain, cancer, cancer prevention, CAR-T cell therapy, Center for Individualized Medicine, clinical trials, colorectal cancer, dementia, diversity, health equity, kidney transplant
January 21, 2021
Pioneering living donor cartilage transplants
Mayo Clinic is poised to establish what is believed to be the first-ever living cartilage donor bank to provide a new regenerative option for healing common knee injuries. That donor bank will lay the foundation for living donor musculoskeletal tissue transplants — a first at Mayo Clinic and possibly in the world — to help […]
Tags: Aaron Krych, cartilage, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Daniel Saris, knee replacement, living donor, Mario Hevesi, orthopedics
November 12, 2020
New research shows markers in donor kidneys that could reduce risks
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Jay Furst The donation of a kidney to a person in need of a transplant is one of the most profound gifts a person can offer. The process for living kidney donors is safe, and, at Mayo Clinic, which has one of the largest living-donor kidney transplant programs in the U.S., the process is […]
Tags: Andrew Rule, biopsy, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, clinical research, kidney disease, kidney transplant, living donor, Massini Merzkani, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Naim Issa