Items Tagged ‘Mark Truty’
December 27, 2018
Be the life [science] of the party
Looking for a scientific conversation starter for New Year’s Eve? Advancing the Science has you covered with this top-10 recap of our hottest medical research stories from 2018. With this list in your back pocket, you’ll never run out of interesting cocktail banter. And we guarantee you’ll wow your friends with your scientific smarts. #1 […]
Tags: celiac disease, comfort care, end of life care, fetal surgery, geology, gluten free, Imad Absah, liver disease, Mark Truty, maternal and fetal medicine, multiple sclerosis, nephrology
October 3, 2018
Mayo Clinic Awarded Nation’s First Hepatobiliary SPORE Grant
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Mayo Clinic an $11.5 million grant to fund a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in hepatobiliary cancer through August 2023. Headed by principal investigators Mark A. McNiven, Ph.D., and Lewis R. Roberts, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., the goal of the Mayo Clinic Hepatobiliary SPORE is to make discoveries […]
Tags: cancer, Chen Wang, Edward Leof, gastrointestinal cancer, Gregory Gores, John Copland III, Lewis Roberts, liver cancer, Mark McNiven, Mark Truty, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Michael Torbenson
July 2, 2018
A revolution in pancreatic cancer treatment
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Mark Truty, M.D., has dedicated his career to giving patients with pancreatic cancer more quality time with their loved ones. Much more time. The mission is personal for him. His own father, Kazimierz Truty, a Polish immigrant and mechanic at a meatpacking plant near Chicago, died 20 years ago from pancreatic cancer at age 58. “My […]
Tags: collaboration, Mark Truty, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, pancreatic cancer, surgery