Innovation

To develop a treatment for patients with COVID-19, researchers around the world are steadfastly exploring numerous angles, including testing existing antiviral drugs and new compounds. One ...

Chronic diseases are on the rise. Many have no easy treatment, some none at all. "As a medical institution, we won't accept that the current state ...

In a new study, a multidisciplinary Mayo Clinic team discovered that nano-sized particles produced by cells in human fat have anti-inflammatory properties in immune cells ...

For a patient with cancer in the bones of his pelvis, Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic interventional radiologist, was operating using minimally invasive tools, such as ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is here, and it's advancing at an unprecedented pace. (Raise a bionic hand if you're imagining a robot scooting in ...

The late Mayo endocrinologists Russell Wilder, M.D., and Randall Sprague, M.D., would be smiling today at the news for patients with diabetes. Much of their ...

One April, Mayo Clinic oncologist Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D., found himself the bearer of good and bad news. The good news was that he had discovered the cause ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that in 2018, over 10 million teens and adults misused opioids. The prescription of opioids to treat patient ...

Many viruses are drawn to cancer like iron filings to a magnet. Why not put these viruses to use — finding, infecting and killing cancer ...

Joline E. Brandenburg, M.D., devotes her workday at Mayo Clinic to treating children with cerebral palsy. At home, she cares for her 11-year-old daughter, who ...