Items Tagged ‘Dr. Abba Zubair’
August 22, 2019
New Florida Building Dedicated to Medical Discovery and Innovation
The grand opening of the new Discovery and Innovation Building at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus signals a new era of integrating regenerative medicine into daily practice. Regenerative medicine seeks to tap the body’s ability to replace, restore or regrow damaged or diseased cells, tissues and organs. A hub of research and technology, the new building […]
Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. Atta Behfar, Innovation, lung transplantation, Mayo Clinic Discovery and Innovation Buildling, Mayo Clinic Life Science Incubator, regenerative medicine, stem cells
December 13, 2018
Mayo Clinic Goes Back to Space
Space travel is known to cause wear and tear on astronauts’ bodies, but it’s still not clear how radiation exposure in space affects the function of cells. In particular, what happens to the body’s stem cells, responsible for rebuilding and regenerating normal tissue? In the latest SpaceX-16 resupply mission, which took off December 5th from […]
Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic in Florida, regenerative medicine, research, space, stem cells
February 1, 2018
Regenerative Medicine at Mayo Ramps Up
This article first appeared in Mayo Clinic’s research magazine, Discovery’s Edge. At 62, Oscar Campanini expected some aches and pains in his joints, especially after his weekly pickup soccer game. But two years ago, the pain in his knees became so overwhelming he could barely walk. Because both knees had been surgically mended previously, doctors […]
Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. Alison Bruce, Dr. Andre Terzic, Dr. Guojun Bu, Dr. Shane Shapiro, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Medical Research, regenerative medicine, research, stem cells
October 19, 2017
Stroke is the leading cause of permanent disability in the U.S., striking nearly 800,000 people each year. Hemorrhagic, or bleeding, stroke is particularly devastating, says Mayo Clinic neurologist and critical care expert William Freeman, M.D. “About 40 percent of hemorrhagic stroke patients die within a month, and half of the survivors have some type of impairment,” he adds. Dr. Freeman, […]
Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. William Freeman, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Medical Research, regenerative medicine, stem cells, stroke