Items Tagged ‘senescent cells’
February 5, 2019
Research News Roundup-January 2019
The Mayo Clinic Research News Roundup includes brief summaries and links to research-related news releases from Mayo Clinic in the past month. It also connects readers to associated resources. Read on for more information from Mayo Clinic Research. Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants Diabetes, stress-induced aging and Alzheimer’s disease, immigration-related obesity, and implantable drug […]
Tags: artificial intelligence, basic science, biomarkers, cancer, cervical cancer, clinical trials, concussion, heart failure, James Kirkland, Kathy MacLaughlin, Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
October 2, 2018
Research News Roundup — September 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. Read on for recent findings of Mayo Clinic Research: Mayo Clinic researchers receive Specialized Program of Research Excellence […]
Tags: aging, cancer, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, kidney disease, Matthew Block, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, neurology, opioids, physician burnout, Research News Roundup, Rochester Epidemiology Project
August 7, 2018
Senescent cells and aging: Following up on the unexpected pays off
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Starting at age 8, Jan van Deursen, Ph.D., helped his carpenter father on the weekends when he built custom staircases, windows and doors for people in their village in the Netherlands. “My father had a fast pace, and I had to keep up with him,” says Dr. van Deursen. “I didn’t realize it at the time, […]
Tags: aging, basic science, cancer, Jan van Deursen, senescent cells
September 12, 2017
Mayo Clinic researchers review the clinical potential of senolytic drugs on aging
Researchers are moving closer to realizing the clinical potential of drugs that have previously been shown to support healthy aging in animals. In a review article published online in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Mayo Clinic aging experts say that, if proven to be effective and safe in humans, these drugs could be “transformative” […]
Tags: aging, James Kirkland, Kogod Center on Aging, senescent cells
August 23, 2017
Researchers report link between cells associated with aging and bone loss
Mayo Clinic researchers have reported a causal link between senescent cells – the cells associated with aging and age-related disease – and bone loss in mice. Targeting these cells led to an increase in bone mass and strength. The findings appear online in Nature Medicine. Low bone mass and osteoporosis are estimated to be a major […]
Tags: aging, James Kirkland, Kogod Center on Aging, osteoporosis, senescent cells