Items Tagged ‘Endometrial cancer’
January 10, 2023
Accelerating microbiome research in endometrial cancer
By Susan Murphy 
By Alumni Magazine Marina Walther-Antonio, Ph.D., Departments of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is a pioneer in studying the role of the microbiome in women’s health. Dr. Walther-Antonio is also Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Science and an assistant professor in the Mayo Clinic College […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Marina Walther-Antonio, Endometrial cancer, genomic medicine
August 18, 2021
Uterine microbe found to have disease-causing behavior in endometrial cancer
By Susan Murphy
A tiny microbe thriving in the uterine microbiome — a population of bacteria, viruses, yeasts/fungi in and around the uterus— could be a contributing driver of endometrial cancer, according to a new Mayo Clinic study. “We have found that a microbe that is particularly associated with endometrial cancer is capable of pathogenic behavior, and is […]
Tags: Endometrial cancer, genomics, individualized medicine, Omics
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
December 16, 2019
Mayo Clinic researchers look at post menopause as key factor in endometrial cancer
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a microbiome signature associated with endometrial cancer, which is in part promoted by post menopause. In a study, supported by Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and published in Scientific Reports, researchers sought to understand how endometrial cancer risk factors alter the reproductive tract microbiome and endometrial cancer risk. “If […]
Tags: cancer, Endometrial cancer, microbiome, Microbiome Program
June 8, 2017
Inspired by her patients, Mayo investigator is developing screening test for endometrial cancer
By Sharon Rosen
Ever since she assisted in surgery at the age of eight, Jamie Bakkum-Gamez, M.D., was hooked – on medicine. The surgery took place on her family’s farm in Wisconsin. The patient was a Holstein cow. The surgeon was a veterinarian. From that day forward, Dr. Bakkum-Gamez, a gynecological oncologist at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, […]
Tags: #cancer patients, #cancer screening test, #CIMCon17, #Dr. Jamie Bakkum-Gamez, #endometrial biopsy, #gynecological cancer, #tampon, center for individualized medicine, Endometrial cancer, Genetic Testing, genomics, mayo clinic
March 28, 2017
From NASA to Mayo: astrobiologist ‘thinks without boxes’ to fight cancer
By Sharon Rosen
Can the knowledge we have about how organisms grow and behave in outer space help us better understand human diseases such as cancer? Yes, in fact it can. That’s according to Marina Walther-Antonio, Ph.D., an astrobiologist who worked with NASA Astrobiology Institute during her training, examining the biology of extreme environments like those on other […]
Tags: #Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine Microbiome Program, #medical technology, #microboime, #NASA Astrobiology Institute, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Marina Walther-Antonio, Dr. Nicholas Chia, Endometrial cancer, mayo clinic, medical research, vaginal microbiome
January 6, 2017
Vaginal microbes point toward early detection and screening for endometrial cancer
By Sharon Rosen
Article by Colette Gallagher, Public Affairs Marina Walther-Antonio, Ph.D., a researcher from the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, set out to discover the role microbiomes play in the development of endometrial cancer. Mayo researchers conducted the first direct assessment uterine microbiome study published in Genome Medicine. As a result of the study, researchers now […]
Tags: #uterine microbiome, biomarker, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Marina Walther-Antonio, Endometrial cancer, mayo clinic, medical research
May 23, 2016
Individualized Medicine Open House: Tech, Family, and the Microbiome
By Jeff Briggs
By Sara Tiner Your genome on a thumb drive? Family-sourcing health data? Endometrial Cancer and Bacteria? Those were a few of the precision medicine highlights discussed at the April 27 Center for Individualized Medicine (CIM) Open House, where the topic was “Changing Lives Through Research.” Exponential Growth in Technology Surrounded by new, CIM-focused exhibits in […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Marina Walther-Antonio, Dr. Nicholas Chia, Dr. Purna Kashyap, Endometrial cancer, Family History, individualized medicine, Mayo Clinic Research Information Center, microbiome, Precision Medicine, Sara Tiner, Scott Beck