August 20, 2020
Stem cell research to improve hemodialysis
Stem cell therapy after angioplasty helps keep arteriovenous fistula blood vessels open, Mayo Clinic discovered in animal studies. An arteriovenous fistula is a passageway between an artery and a vein. This research, supported in part by the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, provides a foundation on which someday patients with end stage renal disease, who […]
Tags: Angioplasty, arteriovenous fistula, chronic kidney disease, End stage renal disease, Hemodialysis, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Sanjay Misra, Stem cell research
August 13, 2020
Regenerating muscles after cancer surgery
Advancements in microsurgery are making it possible to harness the body’s healing power to regenerate muscle strength after some cancer surgeries, particularly surgery to remove soft tissue sarcoma. Mayo Clinic orthopedic oncologists are teaming with plastic surgeons in a procedure they’ve coined “oncoregeneration.” They are seeking to perfect this procedure in which large muscle is […]
Tags: lymphedema, Matthew Houdek, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, micro surgery, regenerative medicine, Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, Soft tissue sarcoma, Steven Moran
August 6, 2020
“Rock star” baby hitting her milestones after fetal surgery to correct spina bifida
The first peek at her baby during the 20 week ultrasound turned from excitement to concern for Hetty Mollert. “It was taking longer than I expected. I thought they were just being super in-depth about everything,” said Mollert, a first time mother-to-be from Madison, Wis. “Then we learned the devastating news. The ultrasound showed our […]
Tags: Chiari malformation, fetal surgery, Maternal fetal medicine, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, mylemeningocele, regenerative medicine, Rodrigo Ruano, Spina bifida
July 30, 2020
Spotlighting 2020 graduates of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Integrating new discoveries into patient care requires a workforce equipped to deliver the latest innovations. That’s why training the workforce of the future is a key objective of the Education Shield at Mayo Clinic—an objective the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine is committed to advancing. Every year, Mayo Clinic’s College of Medicine and Science […]
Tags: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic Regenerative Sciences Training Program, Rosalie Sterner, Sinibaldo Romero Arocha, Somaira Nowsheen
July 8, 2020
Using stem cells to find causes and treatments to prevent sudden cardiac death
Mystified by the need for defibrillation to save a 10-year-old from drowning, Michael Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D., vowed to dig for answers. That pivotal case during a Mayo Clinic pediatric cardiology residency was the catalyst for Dr. Ackerman’s career in genetic sleuthing of inherited sudden cardiac death syndromes. With help from the Center for Regenerative Medicine […]
Tags: Brugada syndrome, Center for Regenerative Medicine Biotrust, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long Q T syndrome, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Michael Ackerman, Stem cell research, sudden cardiac death
June 25, 2020
Mayo Clinic to offer advanced degree in regenerative sciences
Mayo Clinic is launching one of the first-ever doctoral programs in regenerative sciences designed to prepare future physicians and/or scientists for an emerging area of health care. The new track in the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences will encompass the full spectrum of regenerative science and medicine from discovery to translation and application. […]
Tags: Dr. Fredric Meyer, Isobel Scarisbrick, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Regenerative sciences education
June 18, 2020
Stem cells in space: interstellar research to improve regenerative therapies
Mayo Clinic research is reaching to the cosmos for answers on how to overcome hurdles in engineering human stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells are adult stem cells with potential to unleash the body’s ability to heal diseased tissues and organs. However, growing or culturing stem cells in the laboratory is a slow process, and sometimes […]
Tags: Abba Zubair, International Space Station, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Stem cell cultures, Stem cell research
April 1, 2020
Mayo Clinic research finds spina bifida surgery before birth restores brain structure
Surgery performed on a fetus in the womb to repair defects from spina bifida triggers the body’s ability to restore normal brain structure, Mayo Clinic research discovered. Research by Rodrigo Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, finds that fetal surgery to correct congenital spinal cord defects is more […]
Tags: #Brain regeneration, #Fetal surgery research, #hydrocephalus, #Mayo Clinic Proceedings, #Myelomeningocele, #Spina Bifida, Dr. Rodrigo Ruano, fetal surgery, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine
March 19, 2020
Kendall Koens’ life is a dramatic reversal from what it was in 2006. Late stage cancer left him in a coma and on a ventilator fighting for survival. Aggressive chemotherapy was saving his life but slowly and silently destroying his hips joints. The financial planner from Rochester faced crippling pain typical of someone more than […]
Tags: #Avascular hip necrosis, #Dr. Rafael Sierra, #hip replacement, #osteonecrosis, arthritis, cancer, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine
March 12, 2020
Mayo Clinic research discovers how stem cells repair damage from heart attacks
Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered stem cell-activated mechanisms of healing after a heart attack. Stem cells restored cardiac muscle back to its condition before the heart attack, in turn providing a blueprint of how stem cells may work. The study, published in NPJ Regenerative Medicine, finds that human cardiopoietic cells zero in on damaged proteins […]
Tags: #Dr. Kent Arrell, #heart failury, cardiovascular disease, Cariopoietic stem cells, Dr. Andre Terzic, heart attack, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, mesenchymal stem cells