June 21, 2022
What’s behind patient requests for stem cells?
In one of the first studies of its kind, Mayo Clinic analyzed a large group of patients to understand their motivations for seeking stem cell therapies and whether expectations are grounded in science. The findings could help health care professionals cut through misleading claims and better counsel patients. This research by Jennifer Arthurs; Zubin Master, […]
Tags: biomedical ethics, Center for Regenerative Medicine, clinical research, Jennifer Arthurs, orthopedics, Shane Shapiro, stem cells, Zubin Master
January 18, 2022
Identifying best candidates with avascular necrosis for regenerative alternative to hip replacement
A regenerative alternative to total hip replacement delayed the need for artificial implants by at least seven years for 35% of patients who had surgery to treat avascular necrosis. That condition occurs when blood flow to the hip joint known as the femoral head is constricted, causing bone cells to die. This Mayo Clinic research, […]
Tags: biotherapeutics, Center for Regenerative Medicine, hip decompression surgery, hip replacement, orthopedics, Rafael Sierra, regenerative medicine research
October 28, 2021
By Advancing the Science contributor
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in the Young Innovators series, originally published in Mayo Clinic’s Alumni Magazine. Each article features Mayo Clinic trainee inventors and explores their journeys as biomedical entrepreneurs. All of these trainees say their goal was to improve health care for patients. When he was a resident in the Department […]
Tags: 3D printing, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, biomedical engineering, collaboration, entrepreneurship, gastroenterology, medical research education, neurologic surgery, orthopedics, transplant, William Clifton III, Young Innovators
August 2, 2021
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 8/2/2021
By Advancing the Science contributor
Readers can try a bit of a scavenger hunt this week. All these news stories feature Mayo Clinic research or research expertise. Physicians and scientists are quoted from across Mayo Clinic and throughout Mayo Clinic Health System. Obesity, diabetes, IBD, sports medicine, infectious diseases, population health and a dozen other topics are covered. Washington Post, […]
Tags: AFib, anxiety, artificial intelligence, atrial fibrillation, colorectal cancer, COVID-19, electronic health record, epilepsy, genetics, Gregory Poland, hereditary diseases, hypertension
April 26, 2021
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 4/26/2021
Catch up on some of the news about Mayo Clinic’s research and faculty experts. Among the topics covered are artificial intelligence, women’s sexual health, genetic implications for several conditions, and COVID-19. AI caught a hidden problem in one patient’s heart. Can it work for others? STAT 4/26/2021 … Specifically, the algorithm, created by physicians at […]
Tags: AFib, amyloidosis, antiplatelet, artificial intelligence, atrial fibrillation, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Charanjit Rihal, colorectal cancer, COVID-19, Dawn Marie Davis, dermatology, Donald Hensrud
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
April 22, 2020
Kendall Koens’ life is a dramatic reversal from what it was in 2006. Late stage cancer left him in a coma and on a ventilator fighting for survival. Aggressive chemotherapy was saving his life but slowly and silently destroying his hips joints. The financial planner from Rochester, Minnesota, faced crippling pain typical of someone more […]
Tags: arthritis, bone disease, cancer, Center for Regenerative Medicine, chemotherapy, hip replacement, orthopedics, osteonecrosis, Rafael Sierra
October 24, 2019
New research shows spinal stimulation may work better than medication for long-term pain reduction
In a recent study, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers examined the effectiveness of spinal stimulation for pain control, compared to medical therapy or multiple surgeries for patients with long-term spine or limb pain. They found spinal stimulation was significantly more likely to reduce pain than medication for patients with intractable pain. Their findings were […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Evidence-based Practice Center, M. Hassan Murad, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, opioids, orthopedics, pain management, spinal cord stimulation, Tim Lamer