Christmas and New Year's specimen shipment alert - Insights
Due to the Christmas and New Year's holiday's (recognized on Sunday, December 25th, and Sunday, January 1st ), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and...
Thanksgiving Holiday Shipment Schedules - Insights
The United States will observe the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 23. On this day, Mayo Clinic Laboratories will be open; however, specimen shipments and deliveries to our laboratories will not be made by the carriers. To safeguard...
P.A.C.E./Florida Implementation of new analyzers and replacement of automation equipment in the Central Clinical Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, prompted the laboratory to reassess blood collection volumes for commonly...
Alzheimer's Disease 2024: The Role of Biomarkers - Insights
PACE/State of FL This webinar, with expert presenters having both extensive lab and clinical experience, will discuss the latest updates in Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic criteria as well as a comprehensive review of the laboratory testing...
State-of-the-art genetics panel optimizes kidney disease treatment - Insights
Linnea M. Baudhuin, Ph.D., and Emily K. Thoreson, M.S., CGC, explain how Mayo Clinic Laboratories renal genetics testing provides comprehensive, accurate and actionable results. Identifying a genetic cause helps guide the complex decisions...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories and KYAN Technologies announced a collaboration to validate and provide the KYAN test, Optim.AI™, across the United States.
When is it Cool to Drool? Oral Fluid Testing for Controlled Substance Monitoring - Insights
PACE / State of FLThis webinar will describe substance use disorders and the common laboratory tests and matrices used for controlled substance monitoring. The advantages and challenges of using oral fluid will be discussed along with how...
MAG Antibody Testing [Test in Focus] - Insights
John Mills, Ph.D., explains Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ approach to MAG antibody testing. The ELISA-based assay uses higher reference ranges and human MAG antigen to detect MAG antibodies, which are associated with a rare, hard-to-treat...
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Comments on Blacklegged Ticks in Minnesota Conservation Volunteer - Insights
Blacklegged ticks (also known as deer ticks) are turning up more frequently in Minnesota, and so are the diseases they carry. Bobbi Pritt, a parasitologist in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...
Disaccharidase Activity Panel [Test in Focus] - Insights
Pua Hopson, D.O., discusses Mayo Clinic Labs’ new disaccharidase activity panel, which measures levels of five digestive enzymes to identify deficiencies that cause carbohydrate maldigestion and can lead to chronic conditions like celiac...