Items Tagged ‘transplant’
November 12, 2018
Research News Roundup — October 2018
Welcome to Advancing the Science. On Mayo Clinic’s medical research blog we have a wide range of research and research-education content. In addition to stories you won’t find anywhere else, we also collect content from other sources in one easy-to-access spot. The monthly Research News Roundup is one such aggregator, highlighting and linking to all […]
Tags: Ayalew Tefferi, brain cancer, breast cancer, cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, health disparities, hematology, inflammatory bowel disease, integrative medicine, John Hawse, Julie Heimbach
June 11, 2018
Bioartificial liver: Potential to avoid transplant
Mayo Clinic researchers are planning clinical trials of a bioartificial liver that might eventually provide an alternative to transplantation for patients with liver failure. Known as the Mayo Spheroid Reservoir Bioartificial Liver (SRBAL), the novel device has been shown to reduce the severity of liver disease and improve survival in laboratory testing on pigs. (Bioartificial […]
Tags: Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, Scott Nyberg, transplant
February 20, 2018
Researching stem cell therapy for lung transplant patients
In a recent study in Stem Cells Translational Medicine, a team of researchers at Mayo Clinic looked at the safety and feasibility of using stem cells to treat a condition that can devastate lung transplant patients. The disease itself is called bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, or BOS, and involves inflammation and scarring in the smallest branches of […]
Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, Cesar Kellar, clinical trials, regenerative medicine, stem cells, transplant
November 7, 2017
No moss here – Mayo Clinic research websites rolling along
They say that a rolling stone gathers no moss, and at Mayo Clinic, our research and research education programs are always on the move. It’s hard to keep track of all the exciting work being done to help improve health for our patients, or the way they – and patients everywhere – experience health care. […]
Tags: basic science, Christopher Evans, Dev Mukhopadhyay, DNA, Eva Galanis, gene therapy, Jim Maher, Michael Krowka, nanomedicine, osteoarthritis, transplant
February 2, 2017
A golden age for pediatric cardiology
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Mayo Clinic’s Division of Pediatric Cardiology is on a roll, according to Division Chair Frank Cetta, M.D. “In the last two decades, we’ve really burst onto the scene,” he says. “We’re engaged in exciting research not found elsewhere, and we offer the full spectrum of cardiac care — from fetal diagnosis through specialized treatment for […]
Tags: cardiology, clinical trials, David Driscoll, Frank Cetta, heart disease, heart transplant, Jonathan Johnson, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, pediatric cardiology, pediatric transplant, regenerative medicine, Richard Bram