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Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object ...

When a new virus emerges that infects and sickens humans, the wheels of innovation start turning quickly in the world of health care and biomedical research. Teams ...

Mayo Clinic's new test for the virus that causes COVID-19 is described in a recent news release as a PCR test. While most won't know ...

"When this ends …." "Research of the future will …" "After this experience …" These phrases are starting to show up in news stories, online conversations, ...

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 ...

Across the world, an estimated 300 million people live with one or more of over 7,000 identified rare diseases. For them, their family, friends and ...

Cocaine is like a roller coaster in powder form. First, there is the intense rush of euphoria, excitement, and invincibility. Then, almost as quickly, there is the ...

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 ...