Items Tagged ‘cancer’
April 12, 2021
Study of mouse gut microbiome may provide clues to how cancer develops in humans
By Susan Murphy 
By Joe Dangor A study of the mouse gut microbiome led by researchers from Mayo Clinic may shed light on how cancerous tumors develop and progress in humans. The findings were presented at the 2021 American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. “There is growing recognition that healthy tissues accumulate cancer-related mutations over time but they don’t necessarily […]
Tags: cancer, microbiome
March 29, 2021
Mayo researchers use AI to reveal causes of complex diseases
By Susan Murphy
Researchers within Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that can uncover causal drivers and relationships embedded within complex biomedical data. Nicholas Chia, Ph.D., John Kalantari, Ph.D., and Kia Khezeli, Ph.D., recently tested their machine-learning framework, called Causal Relation and Inference Search Platform (CRISP) on multiomic colorectal cancer samples […]
Tags: #algorithm, #Artificial Intelligence, cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, multi-omics, rare disease
March 7, 2021
By Susan Murphy
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine is celebrating the inspirational women who are taking on incredible challenges and leading the way to cure, connect and transform health care. International Women’s Day is dedicated to the social, economic, political, cultural and scientific achievements of women. This year’s […]
Tags: #women's health, ALS, cancer, Genetic Testing, genomics, neurodegenerative disorders, rare disease, womens cancer
June 16, 2020
Mayo Clinic, NASA team up to test AI algorithm on colorectal cancer
By Susan Murphy
Mayo is working with NASA to sequence the path of cancer — from what causes it to what drives it, and potentially how to prevent it. Mayo researchers and NASA Frontier Development Lab data scientists are embarking on a research sprint this month to optimize an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for colorectal cancer and possibly […]
June 1, 2020
Seeing cancer, but not through a microscope
By Susan Murphy
By Marla Broadfoot, Ph.D. / Discovery’s Edge Toward the end of the 19th century, a French doctor named Ernest Besnier coined the term “biopsy,” combining the Greek bios (life) and opsis (a sight). In the decades since, clinicians have performed countless biopsies on suspected cancer patients, all to catch a glimpse of cells on the […]
Tags: cancer, Cancer Research, Genetics, Research
May 11, 2020
AI enhances MRI images to identify molecular markers of brain cancer
By Sharon Rosen 
Five years ago Bradley Erickson, M.D., Ph.D. never would have imagined that an MRI would be able to identify the molecular characteristics of brain cancer. But because of the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), that scenario isn’t science fiction. It’s an exciting medical reality for Dr. Erickson, a radiologist on Mayo Clinic’s campus in […]
Tags: #Artificial Intelligence, cancer, gliomas
April 27, 2020
Noninvasive test may help some patients with melanoma avoid lymph node biopsy
By Jay Furst
A Mayo Clinic-led research team has developed a test for patients who have melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, that shows whether they’re at risk of the cancer spreading to other areas of the body. The research, described in the journal JCO Precision Oncology, could allow some patients at low risk of metastasis […]
March 5, 2020
Rise in kidney cancer spurs Mayo researcher’s urgency to improve patient outcomes
As a trainee oncologist, Thai Ho, M.D., Ph.D., was struck by the number of people he saw at a veterans’ hospital with kidney cancer. “It’s one of the cancers that disproportionately affects military personnel, possibly due to environmental exposures,” he says. The results can be devastating. “On average, patients with kidney cancer lose 12 years […]
Tags: cancer, Cancer Research, Epigenetic research, Epigenomics, kidney cancer, Research
February 20, 2020
Mayo researchers’ endometrial cancer discovery could lead to window of opportunity for prevention
By Susan Murphy
What if a doctor could alert a woman a year or more in advance that she is likely to develop endometrial cancer? Researchers at Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have found evidence linking functional modification of certain genes to the emergence of the disease, providing a novel opportunity for intervention and prevention. The new […]
Tags: #endometrial biopsy, cancer, Cancer Research, Endometrial cancer, Epigenetic research, Epigenomics
February 11, 2020
7 ways Mayo Clinic is leading to cure, connect and transform health care
By Susan Murphy
Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine’s physicians and researchers are leading the way to cure, connect and transform health care by combining their expertise to solve serious or complex medical conditions. Here are seven innovative ways the Center’s investigators are working together to provide patients with answers, treatment options and optimism. Cultivating cutting-edge […]
Tags: Biobank, cancer, cancer genomics, Epigenomics, Genomic Sequencing, infections, microbiome, rare disease