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Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week.
Mayo Clinic opens new doors in cancer treatment innovation
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering strategy to improve targeted cancer therapies. The approach combines antibody-drug conjugates with proteolysis-targeting chimeras. These molecular tools break down specific proteins to improve how cancer cells internalize the cancer-fighting therapy.
Who should get screened for cervical cancer, and when?
Cervical cancer is almost always caused by a persistent infection with high-risk strains of HPV. Routine screening has dramatically reduced cervical cancer deaths, and regular screenings are essential because early detection makes precancer treatment more effective.
Living kidney donation can start a chain reaction
Living-donor transplantation is an option for some organs. For people over 18 born with two functioning kidneys, they can donate one and continue to live a healthy life. An altruistic living-donor kidney transplant chain begins when someone donates a kidney without a specific person in mind. That can start a chain effect of donors.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Clot buster? Surgery? What is the right treatment for stroke?
There are excellent treatments to reverse stroke symptoms, but these treatments are incredibly time dependent. This is a good opportunity to remind people to seek emergency medical care — call 911 — as soon as possible at the first sign of a stroke. Treatments also depend on the type of stroke.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Dual procedure combines liver transplant, bariatric surgery
Obesity can be a barrier to liver transplant. Dr. Julie Heimbach, director of the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center in Rochester, Minnesota, says that combining gastric sleeve surgery, a type of bariatric surgery, with liver transplantation is effective in addressing both health issues.
