Cancer

In Shakespeare's time, medicine was based on the Hippocratic theory of the four bodily humors, or fluids. Good health was all about keeping these humors ...

The current diagnostic tools in a pathologist’s arsenal sometimes cannot provide a clear distinction between primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (one of the few lymphomas more common in ...

The Division of Engineering arose at Mayo Clinic pretty much the first time a clinician needed an instrument and didn't have time to order it ...

Fishing them out of a drink, you may not see the benefit of fruit flies. But they are a vital scientific model, and at Mayo ...

One of the challenges in treating pancreatic cancer has been catching a tumor at an early stage when it can be surgically removed. Recent studies ...

One emerging approach in the diagnosis of cancer is known as a “liquid biopsy.” Instead of using a tiny snippet of tissue to characterize and ...

What can advanced computer technology bring to medical care? Potentially, quite a bit. When it comes to disease screening, computers that can make connections and ...

Neuroscientist Tania Gendron, Ph.D. was in her lab on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus when she received a phone call. On the line was a neurologist ...

This story starts with melanoma. The name of this cancer tells us it grows from skin cells called melanocytes. When these cells break, normal controls ...

Complex medical issues like transplants, kidney disease, and cancer may be helped by knowing more about how cells communicate. When scientists are lucky, what ...