Items Tagged ‘research’
April 24, 2014
Implications of Patient Genomic Sequencing
At Mayo Clinic, the future of health care promises individual-driven innovation with patient care designed for your whole body. One way that we’re fueling this innovation is through the Center for Individualized Medicine (IM Clinic) which offers genomic testing to patients in order to further personalize care. Health care providers use knowledge about a patient’s […]
Tags: #futureofhealthcare, Center for Individualized Medicine, Future of Health Care, gene sequencing, genomic sequencing, genomics, health care, IM Clinic, individualized medicine, patient care, research
April 17, 2014
Sex-Specific Research in the Future of Health Care
Virginia Miller, Ph.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Specialized Center of Research on Sex Differences, has spent her career advocating for the importance of conducting research that is sex-specific. That means that research studies include both men and women, and that the results are analyzed separately by sex. Historically – and even today – that still […]
Tags: #futureofhealthcare, Bernadine Healy, Bernadine Healy Award, Dr. Miller, Future of Health Care, Mayo Clinic, research, sex differences, Virginia Miller
April 8, 2014
Growing Stem Cells in Space to Treat Stroke Patients
Regenerative medicine promises to someday radically transform the way we deliver care to patients. Quite simply, it has the potential to fully heal damaged tissues and organs, offering solutions and hope for people who have conditions that today are beyond repair. This bold new field of medicine is the future of health care. Even though […]
Tags: #futureofhealthcare, Abba Zubair, cell therapy, cell therapy laboratory, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. William Rupp, Dr. Zubair, Florida, Future of Health Care, health care, international space station, Mayo Clinic
January 29, 2014
Funding Research and the Future of Health Care
John Noseworthy, M.D., President and CEO at Mayo Clinic, attended the State of the Union Address as a guest of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. The Star Tribune reports Dr. Noseworthy was pleased to hear that President Barack Obama called for restored research funding to further potential medical and technological discoveries. Dr. Noseworthy acknowledges that as […]
Tags: #futureofhealthcare, Amy Klobuchar, Dr. Noseworthy, Future of Health Care, health care, John Noseworthy, John Noseworthy MD, Minnesota, National Institutes of Health, NIH, research, research funding
November 12, 2013
Inspired by One Heart — Center for Regenerative Medicine
Harrison was a 4-year-old little boy who had a brilliant smile, loved Superman and enjoyed eating plain spaghetti noodles. Unfortunately Harrison passed away last year from hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS. Treatments are highly limited for this devastating disease and far too many children die from this condition world-wide. Because of Harrison, we hosted […]
Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, Future of Health Care, health care, HLHS, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, John Noseworthy, Mayo Clinic, Noseworthy, research