March 6, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 6, 2020
By Emily Blahnik 
TIME, You Can Learn a Lot About Yourself From a DNA Test. Here’s What Your Genes Cannot Tell You by Libby Copeland — …What is a consumer to believe? A few years ago, Helix, originally a spin-out of genomics giant Illumina (which makes many of the chips and machines used to analyze DNA), unveiled a […]
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Tags: Adam Francis, alzheimer's disease, Angel Eye, arthritis, brain aneurysm, brain tumors, Breast Cancer, Caring Canines, Clinic Data Analytics, colon polyps Dr. Darin Presser, concussions, coronavirus
January 10, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 10, 2020
By Emily Blahnik 
CNN, Losing one night’s sleep may increase risk factor for Alzheimer’s, study says by Sandee LaMotte — In a healthy person, tau and other toxins in the brain are cleared away during sleep, sort of like taking out the garbage. Losing sleep, or having disordered sleep in which sleep cycles are disrupted, can interfere with […]
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Tags: AI, allergies, alzheimer's disease, Amish, Angela Murad, Angie Murad, artificial Intelligence, Austin Ferguson, baby names, back surgery, bariatric surgery, birth defects
September 20, 2019
Scientists take a step towards beating the pain of old age
By Karl Oestreich 
The Timesby Rhys Blakely Scientists have said that they may be able to reverse the frailty of old age after using drugs to flush toxic cells from the body for the first time. The trial led researchers closer to a revolution in medicine that could transform the care and treatment of older people with chronic […]
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Tags: aging, Dr. James Kirkland, senescent cells, senolytic drugs, The Times
May 17, 2019
‘Zombie cells’ buildup in your body may play role in aging
By Karl Oestreich 
Associated Pressby Malcolm Ritter Call them zombie cells — they refuse to die. As they build up in your body, studies suggest, they promote aging and the conditions that come with it like osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are studying drugs that can kill zombie cells and possibly treat the problems they bring. Basically the […]
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Tags: Associated Press, Dr. James Kirkland, senescent cells, zombie cells
April 11, 2019
Live forever: Wonder drugs kill zombie cells and prevent diseases making 100 the new 60
By Karl Oestreich 
Express (UK) by Sean Martin Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, a medical research centre based in Minnesota, US, have developed anti-ageing drugs called ‘senolytics’ which can wash away senescent cells – otherwise known as zombie cells as they no longer work to their full potential. These senescent cells are then replaced by newer cells which […]
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Tags: aging, Dr. James Kirkland, senescent cells, Senolytics, The Daily Express
February 8, 2019
Mayo Clinic may be onto the fountain of youth
By Karl Oestreich 
KARE 11 by Rena Sarigianopoulos Forget expensive potions and empty promises, turns out the Mayo Clinic in Rochester may be onto the proverbial fountain of youth. Working closely with the University of Minnesota, researchers have found a way to eliminate senescent cells. Those are cells that have stopped dividing and are producing things that can […]
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Tags: aging, Dr. James Kirkland, KARE 11, senescent cells, senolytic drugs
September 27, 2018
Drug cocktail could extend your life, killing cells related to aging
By Karl Oestreich 
CNBC Dr. James Kirkland, Mayo Clinic’s Center on Aging director, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss his new drug, research involving senolytic cells and how they combat age-related diseases. Reach: CNBC is a 24-hour cable television station offers business news and financial information. The channel provides real-time financial market coverage to an estimated 175 million homes […]
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Tags: aging, CNBC, Dr. James Kirkland, senescent cells, senolytic drugs
August 25, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Wall Street Journal Who’s on First? Great-Grandpa! Softball Bends the Rules for […]
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January 6, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Reuters ‘Hidden’ celiac disease less common now in U.S. by Shereen Lehman […]
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November 4, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Advisory Board Mayo Clinic got ‘five stars’—but its CEO still doesn’t […]
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