Research

People who use electronic cigarettes and test positive for COVID-19 have a higher frequency of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, compared to people who don't vape, according to new research from Mayo Clinic.

The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics announced today their 2022 research awardees. This marks the partnership's 18th year of spearheading new scientific ideas from Minnesota to improve the health of, and health care for, Minnesotans.

ABL Bio will receive $985m in milestone payments from Sanofi in addition to royalties on the net sales of the…

Mayo Clinic experts are available to offer commentary and perspective on the "new normal" as COVID-19 transitions to an endemic disease. Among Mayo Clinic experts who are available:

Regenerative medicine can slow the clock on those degenerative diseases that often wreak havoc in old age, a Mayo Clinic study finds. Life expectancy has nearly doubled since the 1950s; but the expectation of health, which is the years without suffering illnesses, has remained at the same rate.

Tumors must evade the immune system to grow and spread, causing cancer. One of the ways tumor cells hide is by displaying proteins that tell immune cells that all is well. New cancer treatments, called checkpoint blockade therapies, work by telling T cells to ignore those protein markers and attack the cells.

A Mayo Clinic study shows heart conditions such as coronary artery disease and cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes and high cholesterol have stronger association with decline in memory and thinking skills during midlife for women than men.

Adding messenger RNA therapy improves response to cancer immunotherapy in patients who haven't responded to treatment, a Mayo Clinic study reveals. Immunotherapy uses the immune system to prevent, control, and eliminate cancer.