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Week in Review: February 3 - Insights

Today's Highlights Include: President Biden to End Covid-19 Emergencies On May 11, and Children’s Minnesota Received $3 Million Grant To Address Pediatric Health Disparities.

New tests launched in March - Insights

In March 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced eighteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Stories - Patient Spotlight Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Insights

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Alzheimer's Disease CSF Biomarkers - Insights

In this month's "Hot Topic," Alicia Algeciras, Ph.D., DABCC, and Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D., DABCC, discuss Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers.

Pathways Case Studies: February 2022 - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for February include the following sub-specialties: Clinical Biochemistry, Bone and...

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Innovative SORD test provides clarity for two young patients: Justin Fugelsang and Zach Pedowitz - Insights

Justin Fugelsang and Zach Pedowitz have never met. Yet both young men were diagnosed with a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, called sorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD) deficiency, and both found clarity through Mayo Clinic Laboratories'...

Webinars - Insights

Live and recorded presentations featuring Q&A with subject matter experts who share lessons learned, reflect on current applications for testing, project the future of lab medicine, and provide resources for growing your laboratory.

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Leveraging technology to transform Anatomic Pathology - Insights

As Mayo Clinic’s Anatomic Pathology moves from traditional glass slides to digital images, the advance in technology is achieving clear benefits in collaboration, learning, and patient care.

LOINC Codes - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

LOINC® Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) is clinical terminology that is important for laboratory test orders and results, and is one of a suite of designated standards for use in U.S. Federal Government...

William Morice, II, M.D., Ph.D., Featured in "Minnesota Healthcare News" - Insights

William Morice, II, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and President of Mayo Medical Laboratories, was recently profiled in Minnesota Healthcare News.

December 2022 - Clinical Informatics - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Clinical Informatics.

From Pediatrics to Geriatrics [Pediatric Phlebotomy] - Insights

This "Pediatric Phlebotomy" presentation from the live 2017 Phlebotomy Conference, will focus on the challenges associated with age-related collections, dealing specifically with both the pediatric and geriatric patient.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: June 7 - Insights

Featured abstract: Nuclear GSK-3β and oncogenic KRas lead to the retention of pancreatic ductal progenitor cells phenotypically similar to those seen in IPMN.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 7 - Insights

This week's Research Roundup features: Membranous nephropathy in syphilis is associated with neuron-derived neurotrophic factor.

Using metal detectors to ward off wayward specimens - Insights

To safeguard patient samples, staff in Mayo Clinic’s Histology Laboratory devised an inventive way to ensure that none of the paraffin-embedded blocks processed in the lab ever ends up in the trash.

Forging ahead in the MLS Program - Insights

Elizabeth Atneosen, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, talks about the rewards of being in the program.

Digital pathology - Insights

Check out how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ digital pathology initiative integrates digital infrastructure to deliver digital workflows for patients to improve overall care.

Pathways Case Studies: October 2022 - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for October include the following sub-specialties: Cardiovascular Pathology,...

How to Cut Costs without Cutting Corners - Insights

Nicole Folken, Education Specialist at Mayo Medical Laboratories, discusses how to cut costs without cutting corners when planning a conference or meeting.

Arresting Melanoma's Molecular Drivers - Insights

Melanoma, the skin cancer often associated with sun exposure, is on the rise and has no reliable cure. Mayo Clinic is at the forefront of these efforts. The Center for Individualized Medicine is unraveling the complex behavior of melanoma...

Renal - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ nephrology experts, pathologists, and laboratory scientists uphold the highest standards of renal laboratory care.

Next-generation sequencing lung cancer panel identifies more genetic abnormalities - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ new MayoComplete Lung Cancer Panel (Mayo ID: MCLNG) provides more information than single-gene assays and faster results than a comprehensive solid tumor panel that covers hundreds of genes.

Getting started - Insights

Learn more about becoming a Mayo Clinic Laboratories commercial laboratories client, including how to register, create an account, and order tests.

Hematology, oncology, and hereditary test selection guide - Insights

The Hematology, Oncology, and Hereditary Test Selection Guide lets you search our next-generation sequencing test menu and choose the right panels for patients.

3-D Anatomic Scanning and Modeling: A Technology with Near-Limitless Potential in Pathology Applications - Insights

In the fall of 2017, Shayla Polanchek, a recent recipient of a heart transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, returned to campus to review the specimen of her old heart, the one that had been removed from her chest. She had asked...

Applying Mayo Clinic MASSFIX to Urine Samples - Insights

In this month's "Hot Topic," David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., reviews the role of urine testing for monoclonal gammopathies and discusses Mayo Clinic’s use of MASSFIX to replace traditional immunofixation testing.

LOINC Codes - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

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Controlled substance monitoring - Insights

The Clinical and Forensic Toxicology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic offers the industry’s most comprehensive evidence-based urine drug testing menu to evaluate for the presence of controlled substances.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: July 19 - Insights

This week's research roundup features: Structural Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation-Flutter and Myocardial Injury.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: April 26 - Insights

Top highlights include: Arrhythmia variant associations and reclassifications in the eMERGE-III sequencing study.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 17 - Insights

Top highlights include: Rapid exclusion of acute myocardial injury and infarction with a high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in the emergency department.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 10 - Insights

Top highlights include: Genome-wide association study reveals novel genetic loci: a new polygenic risk score for mitral valve prolapse.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 24 - Insights

Top highlights include: Monoclonal and oligoclonal anti-Platelet Factor 4 antibodies mediate VITT.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: June 14 - Insights

Featured Abstract: Associations of amyloid and neurodegeneration plasma biomarkers with comorbidities.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 31 - Insights

Featured abstract: Substance use screening in transplant populations.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: February 7 - Insights

This week's Research Roundup features: Maintenance of remission and risk of relapse in Myeloperoxidase-positive ANCA-associated Vasculitis with kidney involvement.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 21 - Insights

This week's Research Roundup features: Performance comparisons of methylation and structural variants from low-input whole-genome methylation sequencing.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 14 - Insights

This week's Research Roundup features: Novel through-the-scope suture closure of colonic Endoscopic Mucosal resection defects.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 28 - Insights

This week's Research Roundup features: Elementary overview of heavy metals.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: January 18 - Insights

Today's Topic Features: Clinical, histological and molecular profiling of different stages of alcohol-related liver disease.

Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., on Testing for Viral Gastroenteritis - Insights

Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., Director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory in the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, recently spoke with Consultant360 regarding testing for viral gastroenteritis.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., considers the future of diagnostics - Insights

Dr. Morice talks about what lies ahead for laboratory medicine and how the opportunities and challenges in the field are intertwined.

Challenging Patient Encounters - Insights

This “Phlebotomy On-Demand” will discuss real-world examples of patient behavior deemed unsafe and/or disrespectful and best practices for resolution.

Transfusion Safety in 2022: Experienced Phlebotomists and Electronic Systems are Key - Insights

This “phlebotomy webinar” will provide basic information on blood compatibility, the consequences of incompatibility and the recognition of an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction.

Ethical Issues in Phlebotomy - Insights

This "Phlebotomy webinar" will discuss ethical issues frequently faced by phlebotomists.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): The 5 W's and How - Insights

The who, what, why, where, when and how of well written effective procedures that can: help to improve the quality of work within the organization, help reduce the number of errors and omissions, and help new people perform complex...

What's New in Health Care Reform: Jan. 30 - Insights

Top highlights include: Alcohol overtakes Hepatitis C as the top reason for liver transplants, new research call vitamin D benefits into question, NIH funds first artificial pancreas study in the United States for pregnant women, cervical...

Testing for Antibodies to SS-A/Ro in Autoimmune Diseases - Insights

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Anne Tebo, Ph.D., discusses recent updates in the testing for anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases.