June 6, 2023
From Lift Off to Splash Down: An Update on Mayo Clinic Stem Cells in Space
By Lynda De Widt Approximately 15 million people worldwide experience a stroke annually, according to the World Health Organization. Currently, stroke remains a top cause of death and disability in the world. Finding new therapies for stroke is important to Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic physician and scientist whose mother was stricken by a stroke when […]
Tags: #Dr. Abba Zubair, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics, #mesenchymal stem cells, #NASA award, #Stem cell therapy for stroke, #Stem cells in space
October 4, 2022
LaTonya Hickson, M.D.: Seeking a cellular therapy for chronic kidney disease
Every year, more than 130,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, with most cases caused by diabetes. Newer therapies show promise to slow kidney failure rates, but none stop progression to end-stage kidney failure. The research goal of LaTonya Hickson, M.D., is to develop a cell-based therapy that slows — or […]
Tags: #diabetic kidney disease, #Dr. LaTonya Hickson, #end stage kidney disease, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics, #mesenchymal stem cells, #stem cell research
June 11, 2021
Regenerative pipeline for spinal cord repair
Article by Sara Tiner Mayo Clinic research is learning how stem cell therapy can treat neurodegenerative diseases. Mayo is among the first to study whether stem cell therapy might trigger healing for spinal cord injury. Research is ongoing in preclinical models, but it also has advanced from discovery science to early clinical trials. It’s a […]
Tags: #Center for Regenerative Medicine, #Dr. Anthony Windebank, #Dr. Mohamad Bydon, #mesenchymal stem cells, #Spinal cord injury research, #Spinal cord regeneration