July 30, 2012
Genetic Tests Could Explain Why Some Children and Teens Die Unexpectedly
DNA provides proof. In 1998, Michael Ackerman, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, heard about a 19-year-old athlete who had died after nearly drowning in only four feet of water while swimming at a fitness club in Iowa. At the time, Ackerman and several colleagues were studying a genetic disease called long QT […]
Tags: Dr. Michael Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome, Washington Post
July 13, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 13, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NY […]
Tags: Affordable care act, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Jerry Brewer, Dr. John Noseworthy, Dr. Michael Joyner, genome sequencing, Huffington Post, KAAL, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, melanoma, MPR, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
July 10, 2012
Researchers ID Gene for Neck Disorder
The first gene linked to an often painful neck disorder has been identified by researchers…Adult-onset primary cervical dystonia, which is characterized by involuntary twisting of the neck, occurs in about 30 of every 100,000 people, previous research has reported…While the researchers believe that CIZ1 is one genetic cause of the disorder, it’s likely that other […]
Tags: cervical dystonia, Dr. Ryan Uitti
June 29, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 29, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NPR […]
Tags: arthritis, CBS, Dr. Edward Laskowski, Dr. Eric Matteson, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Richard Hurt, Dr. Thomas Boyce, heart disease, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Center, nicotine addiction, NPR
June 28, 2012
Vaccine Shows Promise for Nicotine Addiction
A one-dose vaccine aimed at preventing nicotine addiction showed promise in studies on mice, researchers said Wednesday. In the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers inserted a gene for a nicotine antibody into the liver cells of mice, preventing most of the nicotine given to the animals from reaching the brain, where […]
Tags: Dr. Richard Hurt, nicotine addiction, Science Translational Medicine, vaccine, Wall Street Journal
June 20, 2012
New Therapies Show Some Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer
Giving four weeks of a targeted drug before starting chemotherapy improved response rates in a small group of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, University of Michigan researchers report…”I think this trial here is a step back in the right direction of finding out what exactly is going on. I will say that when I read […]
Tags: Chemotherapy, Dr. Daniel Von Hoff, gemcitabine, HealthDay, pancreatic cancer, Translational Genomics Research Institute, University of Michigan
May 29, 2012
What is Elhers-Danlos Syndrome?
Gioia found out she had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome at the age of 7. For years her parents had struggled to figure out why their daughter was so easily injured, but doctors couldn’t offer a diagnosis. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is actually a group of genetic disorders that cause problems with a patient’s connective tissues, according to Dr. Salman […]
Tags: CNN Blog, collagen, Dr. Salman Kirmani, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
May 23, 2012
Eye Diseases Focus of Genetic Research
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Oregon, meanwhile, have established that some cases of Fuchs’ dystrophy are also due to a genetic quirk. The disease cells in the cornea deteriorate, leading to cloudy vision and swelling. The next step for researchers is to determine if there’s a genetic solution. Montreal Gazette
Tags: Fuchs' dystrophy, Montreal Gazette, University of Oregon
May 15, 2012
To Treat and to Heal: The Making of a Cancer Doctor
Dr. Mark A. Lewis’ inclination for helping others was passed down to him through the generations before him, at least metaphorically speaking. His father was a caregiver of sorts – a theologian whose healing line of work was deeply informative to the young Lewis. More literally, his father passed him down a genetic mutation that […]
Tags: Dr. Mark A. Lewis, genetic mutation, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, The Atlantic