June 11, 2019
How fruit flies are helping make chemotherapy treatments easier on cancer patients
By In the Loop
Fruit flies are an all too common annoyance, but they’re also a powerful new tool for researchers at Mayo Clinic in their quest to make chemotherapy treatments easier on cancer patients.
Tags: Chemotherapy, Discovery's Edge, Dr. Anthony Windebank, Dr. Christopher Groen, Dr. Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Peripheral Neuropathy
July 14, 2015
Baseball Signed by Lou Gehrig Highlights Mayo History Open House July 23
By In the Loop
The year was 1939. Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. A gallon of gas cost 10 cents, the average price of a new car was $700 and names like Harlond Clift, Red Rolfe, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Bob Feller, Bobo Newsom, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams were at the top of Major League Baseball’s leader boards. […]
Tags: ALS, Dr. Anthony Windebank, Lou Gehrig
March 3, 2015
Join a Clinical Trial, and Become a Mayo Clinic Research Star
By In the Loop
If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I could help further Mayo Clinic’s research efforts, but alas, I am not a scientist nor do I play one on TV,” well, have we got a deal for you. Participating in clinical trials is a great way that we non-scientists can help Mayo’s researchers in their noble fight against […]
Tags: ALS, Clinical and Translational Science, clinical trials, diabetes, Dr. Anandu Basu, Dr. Anthony Windebank, Dr. Nathan Staff, Dr. Sundeep Khosla
August 7, 2014
Dressing Up Lessons From Our Past
By In the Loop
From the outside, things were very 2014. Cars, trucks and SUVs rolled down Second Street. Pedestrians made their way around downtown Rochester smartphones in hand. But on Sunday, Aug. 3, the lobby of the Plummer Building in Rochester was seriously 1937, as a film crew led by Mark Flaherty and Tom Williams shot a scene for […]
Tags: Dr. Anthony Windebank, Dr. Bruce Fye, Dr. Michael Brennan, Dr. Robert Stanhope, Dr. Victor Trastek, Heritage Days, Matt Dacy, Renee Ziemer, Sisters of St. Francis
July 8, 2014
Could stem cells be the answer to ALS?
By In the Loop
Seventy-five years ago, Lou Gehrig told New York Yankee fans that he’d been given a “bad break” but still considered himself “the luckiest man on the face of this earth” having had the chance to play ball for 17 years, enjoy the support of fans, and play next to and for some of baseball’s greats. […]
Tags: ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Anthony Windebank, Dr. Nathan Staff, Lou Gehrig, research