Research - February 2021 Archives

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Mayo Clinic announce news of a proof-of-concept patch for surgical and emergency situations where stitches or staples would ...

Finding an effective antidepressant medication for people diagnosed with depression, also called major depressive disorder, is often a long and complex process of "try and try again" ...

Current experimental treatments for COVID-19 focus on two targets: the virus or the immune system.  On the immune system side, the number of experimental treatments ...

Mayo Clinic research findings indicate that the removal of senescent cells in aging mice improves cognitive ability in animals that already show signs of dementia. ...

Targeting mitochondria is a promising therapeutic strategy. _________________________________________ "Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell." Many a young science student has heard that truism. "Mitochondria are extremely important because ...

Mayo Clinic is leveraging advances in regenerative medicine to restore function for people whose lives have been drastically changed by a laryngectomy — surgery to remove ...

More than 34 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Of these, the vast majority have type 2, or ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Researchers at Mayo Clinic have combined results from a functional test measuring the effect of inherited variants in the BRCA2 breast and ...

The year 2020 offered more research challenges than normal. Many researchers shifted their focus almost entirely to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 – looking for ways to ...

Medical research reveals new information about COVID-19 daily. While scientists and medical experts focus on virus spread, new variants, improved therapeutic treatments and more, it's ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a novel proton therapy technique to more specifically target cancer cells that resist other forms of treatment. The ...

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation and pain throughout the body. Most common in women (9 of 10 diagnosed cases); it attacks both ...