April 2021 — Genitourinary Pathology - Insights

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

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 21 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the development and validation of a prostate cancer genomic signature that predicts early androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment response following radical prostatectomy.

Graduation Is upon Us - Insights

Elizabeth Gamache, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, discusses the 2018's class impending graduation and what they have to look forward to afterward.

Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: On-Site Operational Needs - Insights

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on "on-site operational needs," which is defined as "staff effort that does not deal directly with patients or their...

Demystifying the Tick with Bobbi Pritt, M.D. - Insights

The "Mpls-St Paul" magazine article highlights Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, and her research on...

Clean and dry kidney stones - Insights

To optimize laboratory evaluation of kidney stones, specimens must be both clean and dry. The sensitivity of the analytical method used to determine kidney stone composition requires samples be completely dry, since excess water in the...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 24 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the best tumor size cut-points for renal cell carcinoma staging.

Developing New Tests to Find and Defeat Cancer at Earliest Stages - Insights

Some early-stage cancers are missed by conventional screening and are only detected when symptoms occur. Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Grail, a life science company, and Sutter Health of California, on the STRIVE clinical research study...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 3 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights advancing diagnostics to address antibacterial resistance.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: November 28 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Microaggressions between members of a team occur often in medicine, even despite good intentions. Such situations call for difficult conversations that restore inclusivity, diversity, and a healthy work...