Research

When Judy Alico passed away at age 51, her family was shell-shocked and heartbroken. Her husband, Bob, took action, forming a nonprofit to raise awareness and funding for Mayo Clinic and other organizations to study the condition that took Judy's life.

Larry Connor will be one of four civilians from around the world to take part in the flight.

Larry Connor has participated in more than 1,000 hours of professional astronaut training, as well as Mayo Clinic instruction for the mission’s research component. That preparation, he feels, will contribute to a successful 10-day mission. In addition to the research materials, he's also bringing a few trinkets along with him to space on behalf of others.

Mayo Clinic has made important contributions to space medicine and research since the dawn of the U.S. space program, and prior to that with aeronautical research during World War II.  

Mayo Clinic experts are leading two lines of research that will be conducted during the trip and while the four astronauts of the Axiom Space flight are at the space station.  

Mayo Clinic’s groundbreaking research in cellular aging and cardiac adaptation is headed to space on the first-ever all-civilian private spaceflight to the International Space Station.   

When Michael Sullivan was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, he received help at Mayo Clinic. To spread hope to others, Michael and his well-connected community raised nearly $500,000 for cancer research.

Some patients with COVID-19 experience severe complications, such as organ damage, shortness of breath, neurological impairment and chronic fatigue. A team of researchers within Mayo Clinic ...

Current experimental treatments for COVID-19 focus on two targets: the virus or the immune system. On the immune system side, the number of experimental treatments ...

George Eisenberg never forgot what his mother, Rose, told him: “You must help those who suffer hardships. Take care of others and God will take ...