St. Jude/Mayo Clinic study finds direct link between CBP gene and lymphoma
(MEMPHIS, TENN.--Feb. 24, 2004) Inactivation of the gene CBP in certain immature white blood cells of mice causes lymphoma, a type of cancer also found in humans. The cancer is accompanied by changes in the expression of specific genes associated with development of the disease. These findings, from researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Mayo Clinic, are published in the Feb...Mayo Clinic develops blood vessel cells from adult progenitor cells
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic scientists have shown for the first time that an adult stem...cell variant circulating in adult human blood can be driven to form smooth muscle cells, which are key building blocks in blood vessel formation and also participate in coronary artery blockages. The findings are published in this week's edition of Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Associati...Mayo Clinic Proceedings features primers on medical genomics
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings features the first two parts of a series of primers on medical genomics. The primers will provide valuable background to help physicians and scientists understand the human genome and its implications for the practice of medicine.... ...The first two articles of the series provide a historical background of genetics and sequencing of...New study from Mayo Clinic provides insight into male infertility
ROCHESTER, MINN. -- A new study, appearing in the November 16 issue of Science, found that mice lacking a certain protein in their sperm were infertile. The study provides valuable insight into male infertility and paves the way for further advancements in infertility....... A team of Mayo Clinic researchers led by Jan van Deursen, Ph.D., including Ningling Kang-Decker, Ph.D., George Mantchev, M...Mayo Clinic study implicates fungus as cause of chronic sinusitis
.ROCHESTER, MINN. -- Mayo Clinic researchers say they have found the cause of.most chronic sinus infections -- an immune system response to fungus. They say.this discovery opens the door to the first effective treatment for this problem,.the most common chronic disease in the United States.. .An estimated 37 million people in the United States suffer from chronic.sinusitis, an inflammation of th...Mayo Clinic researchers: family history identified as new risk factor for heartburn
... ... ...............ROCHESTER, MINN.-- Mayo Clinic researchers have concluded that family history,...possibly through a genetic link, and obesity are major independent risk factors...for heartburn and acid regurgitation, both symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux...disease.... ...Upwards of 20 percent of American and European populations are estimated to...experience heartburn or acid r...Mayo Clinic study shows dietary supplement may help fight heart disease
.ROCHESTER, MINN. -- A recent Mayo Clinic study in the journal Circulation finds.that the dietary supplement L-arginine -- touted by the supplement industry as.an enhancer for everything from athletic to sexual performance -- improves chest.pain symptoms in patients with early heart disease.. ."Our study showed that patients who took an L-arginine pill every day for six.months had significantly....JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 1, 1999 -- Mayo Clinic Jacksonville scientists have shown.that a specially created molecule injected into the belly of a rat can cross the.nearly impassable blood-brain barrier and can stop the chemical reaction in the.brain that the molecule was designed to impede. .The discovery is an amazing and unexpected finding. It could some day lead to.drugs specifically created...