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Millions are now being vaccinated, but as vaccine supply continues to increase throughout 2021, a hurdle health experts anticipate eventually is a lack of [...] Mar 18, 2021 Advancing regenerative medicine through education By Susan Buckles @susanbuckles Education is a cornerstone of Mayo Clinic's strategy to bring regenerative medicine to more patients. A workforce trained in the emerging field of regenerative sciences is integral to advancing this new era of health care into daily clinical practice.Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Medicine has invested years developing, refining, and [...] Mar 15, 2021 Mayo Clinic Research in the news -- 3/15/2021 By Elizabeth Zimmermann @elizabethzimmermann News stories this week about Mayo Clinic research and highlighting researchers cover several topics including research education, examining the retina to detect dementia, lumbar punctures and opioid management. State leaders stress the importance of phase II of Prairie Springs Science Center WXOW, 3/9/2021 Seven state leaders gathered at UW-La Crosse's Crowley Hall Tuesday [...] Mar 11, 2021 From advanced-practice provider to regenerative medicine innovator By Susan Buckles @susanbuckles It's not often that an advanced-practice provider is the teacher and a physician is the student. What some may consider a role reversal is one of many ways that Jennifer Arthurs, a nurse practitioner for Mayo Clinic's Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites in Florida, is at the vanguard of a new [...] Mar 10, 2021 Mayo Clinic physician cracks patient's mysterious illness with epigenetics technology By Susan Murphy @susanmurphy Kenneth Hobby assumed his fever, fatigue and aching pains on that day in May 2018 were from another bout of malaria. He was visiting Zambia in southern Africa — the stomping grounds of his childhood and a place where the mosquito-borne parasite is common. He had returned to the vast [...] Mar 9, 2021 Mayo Clinic Proceedings: In the Limelight, March 2021 By contributor @advancingthescience Mayo Clinic publishes two peer-reviewed journals, accepting original research and related content from investigators around the world. shares stories about research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, its sister journal, and many other English-language journals. In order to gain more visibility for all the research covered by Mayo's [...] Mar 8, 2021 Mayo Clinic Research in the news -- 3/8/2021 By contributor @advancingthescience In Mayo Clinic research news over the past seven days, the headlines covered medical marijuana, systemic racism, Alzheimer's, and a range of other topics including COVID-19. Minnesota Senate bill could increase spinal cord research funding, KSTP, 3/4/2021This $285 eye scan may someday detect Alzheimer's risk. (It also requires plenty of curry [...] Mar 8, 2021 Four women who 'make health equity research run' at Mayo Clinic By Jennifer Schutz @jenniferschutz March is Women's History Month, a time to honor and recognize women's contributions in medicine and research. This story highlights a team tasked with keeping Mayo's health equity research running full steam. Monica Albertie leads a small but mighty team of four research operations and program managers at Mayo Clinic, [...] Mar 4, 20...