Research Roundup

This week’s research roundup features a study on inherited pathogenic variants in PALB2 and the associated increased risk of breast and pancreatic cancer.

By Samantha Rossi • October 28, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a study on sustained perfusion of revascularized bioengineered livers heterotopically transplanted into immunosuppressed pigs.

By Samantha Rossi • October 21, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a phase two study of pembrolizumab combined with chemoradiotherapy as initial treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer.

By Samantha Rossi • October 14, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a study on antemortem volume loss mirrors TDP-43 staging in older adults with non-frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

By Samantha Rossi • October 7, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a study on glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to chemotherapy by abrogating the topBP1/ATR-mediated DNA damage response.

By Samantha Rossi • September 30, 2019

The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews. This week's featured abstract is on discovery, validation, and application of novel methylated DNA markers for detection of esophageal cancer in plasma.

By Samantha Rossi • September 23, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a study on renal leiomyoma.

By Samantha Rossi • September 16, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a study on how mass cytometry dissects T cell heterogeneity in the immune tumor microenvironment of common dysproteinemias at diagnosis and after first line therapies.

By Samantha Rossi • September 9, 2019

This week's research roundup features mechanisms of lung disease development in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

By Samantha Rossi • September 2, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a landmark study on optic neuritis.

By Samantha Rossi • August 26, 2019

This week’s research roundup features a clinical guide to hereditary cancer panel testing.

By Samantha Rossi • August 19, 2019

This week’s research roundup features research on the Cohort Profile: The Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Time: Using Genomic Data to Individualize Treatment Protocol.

By Samantha Rossi • August 12, 2019

This week's research roundup features research on the treatment of Membranous Nephropathy.

By Samantha Rossi • August 5, 2019