Researchers at Mayo Clinic have completed the world’s first whole exome sequence of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors,also known to patients and physicians as carcinoids,the most common cancer of the small bowel and one that responds poorly to chemotherapy. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge
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 | Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse,a Mayo Clinic study has found. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge Mayo Clinic urologists presented studies on kidney stone incidence in surgical teams,blood clot risk and survival following bladder cancer surgery,genomic testing for metastatic prostate cancer and other research at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge A series of biomarker discoveries developed by Robert B. Jenkins M.D.,Ph.D.,George Klee,M.D.,Ph.D.,George Vasmatzis,Ph.D.,and their colleagues at Mayo Clinic,along with Donald Connelly,M.D.,Ph.D.,of the University of Minnesota,have resulted in a licensed technology that will benefit prostate cancer patients globally. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s [...] Elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than other seniors,according to new Mayo Clinic research. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge Using advanced genetic sequencing technology and analysis,Mayo Clinic vaccine researchers have identified 27 genes that respond in very different ways to the standard rubella vaccine,making the vaccine less effective for a portion of the population. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge Researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida have discovered a protein that is overly active in every human sample of kidney cancer they examined. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge Seemingly benign differences in genetic code from one person to the next could influence who develops side effects to chemotherapy,a Mayo Clinic study has found. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge Translating a Mayo Clinic stem-cell discovery,an international team has demonstrated that therapy with cardiopoietic (cardiogenically-instructed) or “smart”stem cells can improve heart health for people suffering from heart failure. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge How well people are protected by the smallpox vaccine depends on more than the quality of the vaccination:individual genes can alter their response,Mayo Clinic research shows. Mayo Clinic Research News and Discovery’s Edge |
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