Items Tagged ‘#medical research’
May 7, 2021
How regenerative medicine is advancing ALS research
May is ALS Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the role of regenerative medicine research in advancing understanding and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles. That results in paralysis that robs […]
Tags: #amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, #Dr. Anthony Windebank, #Dr. Nathan Staff, #Lou Gehrig's disease, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #medical research
January 7, 2021
Regenerating the larynx: A second chance at speech
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 the voice box. People without a voice box can neither speak with their natural voices nor breathe through their noses. Simple pleasures like smelling a bouquet of flowers or […]
Tags: #Dr. David Lott, #Dr. Richard Hayden, #laryngeal cancer, #laryngectomy, #Larynx transplantation, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #medical research, #Regenerative medicine
December 17, 2020
Diverse ways regenerative medicine is advancing health care
Regenerative medicine has contributed to patient care in 2020 more than ever before, bolstered by synergies in research, practice and education. Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Medicine is at the forefront of a biotherapy revolution in which health care advances from treating disease to restoring health. “The centrality of the body to regenerate itself is […]
Tags: #CAR-T cell therapy, #Dr. Andre Terzic, #Dr. Atta Behfar, #exosomes, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #medical research, #stem cell research