Daily Archives: March 3, 2009

CBS News Features Mayo Patient with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C


Earlier this week, CBS Evening News featured the story of Mayo Clinic patient Dillon Papier and his family. Six-year-old Dillon has Niemann-Pick disease type C, a  rare inherited disease that affects approximately 1 in 150,000 people. Niemann-Pick disease type C … Continue reading

By Elizabeth Rice | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pediatrics | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Olympic Runner Part of Mayo’s Marathon History


More than 6,000 people came to Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida on Feb. 15 to help find a cure for breast cancer. Runners and walkers from every state and 15 countries participated in the second annual 26.2 with Donna – The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer. Continue reading

By Cynthia Nelson Weiss | Posted in Cancer, Events, Research | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment