Memorial Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights
Due to the Memorial Day holiday (recognized on Monday, May 30), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, please plan...
Labor Day Holiday Shipment Schedules - Insights
Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 4th), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure specimen viability and avoid turnaround time delays, follow the guidelines...
Independence Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights
Due to the Independence Day holiday, Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead.
New tests launched in November - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories launched the following three tests in November.
Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy [Test in Focus] - Insights
Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a serious but rare muscle disease strongly associated with autoantibodies to either the protein signal recognition particle (SRP) or the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase...
Chromium and Cobalt Testing [Test in Focus] - Insights
Chromium and cobalt blood tests are used to monitor exposure to these elements. Both of these elements are naturally occurring and widely distributed in the environment. Previously, serum samples were collected and used to monitor patients...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories releases new, first-to-U.S.-market pregnancy risk assessment - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories now offers the first preeclampsia-specific test (Mayo ID: PERA) that can be used to stratify patients into low or high-risk categories, indicating whether a patient is at risk for developing preeclampsia with severe...
Improvements to downtime process, form provide clarity for clients - Insights
The downtime process and form have been improved to provide clear guidance on the steps clients should take during downtime.
Alpha-gal testing [Test in Focus] - Insights
Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D., associate director of Mayo Clinic's Clinical Immunoassay Lab, explains how humans can develop an allergy to the alpha-gal molecule, and he describes a new allergen antibody test that can be used to detect it. Dr....
Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk of Relapse with Neuromyelitis Optica - Insights
"This study offers hope to patients, since each attack in NMO can cause loss of visual or motor function," says Sean Pittock, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist and first author.