Research - January 2021 Archives

In a study published December 7, 2020, scientists at Mayo Clinic identify a new way liver cells break down fat. This study, published in the Proceedings of ...

The proliferating stem cell banking industry is built on a riveting concept: Preserve stem cells while they're most potent until they are needed later in ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― In a new study published in Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers provide the first preclinical, proof-of-concept study for hybrid gene therapy in long ...

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 ...

Currently, three new variants of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are creating concern. They include: A variant identified in the U.K. This COVID-19 variant (B.1.1.7) ...

In late November, the COVID-19 HealthCare Coalition, comprising more than 1,000 health care organizations, technology firms and nonprofits, including Mayo Clinic, published the Telehealth Impact Physician Survey results. The ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics announced today their 2021 research awardees. This marks the partnership's 17th year of spearheading new ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new multi-institution study led by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic pathologist, provides more accurate estimates of breast cancer risk for U.S. ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Approximately 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes occur every year in men and women in the U.S. Sex and age play a ...

While a typo in a letter or email is a problem it's not a big one, usually. But when that typo is in genetic code, ...

The human body has two adrenal glands, one atop each kidney as illustrated in the drawing above. These tiny organs produce hormones that help the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed medical research and patient care to new levels. High-volume testing for COVID-19, researching convalescent plasma and monitoring patients at home ...