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Cardiovascular Events in Patients With or Without Coronary Artery Disease
A new type of blood test may help physicians identify which patients with and without evidence of coronary blockages are at risk for heart attacks and strokes. Even individuals with normal levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), known as...
COVID-19 & influenza testing algorithm arms Mayo Clinic for the upcoming flu season - Insights
Flu season is just now unfolding. But this time, it’s piggy-backed with a pandemic, which threatens to spike with the colder weather as people huddle indoors. Adding to this conundrum is the unsettling fact that, for both COVID-19 and the...
Neurofilament light chain test helps in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of ALS and MS - Insights
By using a test that measures neurofilament light chain (Nfl) proteins in blood, clinicians can better diagnose devastating diseases like ALS and MS, help predict disease progression, and better assess efficacy of existing drugs and trial...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is one of the few laboratories in the country to offer two special sequencing-based tests for bacteria in its catalog. The first test is designed to help protect patients by investigating potential outbreaks of a...
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FISH probe & panel project: An overview - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Jess Peterson, M.D., discusses changes to Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ hematology FISH menu to increase awareness, provide reasoning, and highlight some of the great things that are coming.
Infective Endocarditis - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Robin Patel, M.D., will review the laboratory methods used to diagnose infectious endocarditis. Specifically, she’ll discuss the role of blood cultures, nucleic acid amplification tests, histopathology, and...
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Pathways Case Studies: March 2022 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for March include the following sub-specialties: Breast Pathology, Cardiovascular...
Autoimmune profile updates - Insights
Based on studies that have shown certain antibodies may not be as clinically relevant to autoimmune testing as previously thought, Mayo Clinic Laboratories is updating a number of its autoimmune profiles by removing some antibodies from...
Performed on cerebrospinal fluid, Mayo Clinic’s RT-QuIC prion test can distinguish prion disease from other types of rapidly progressive dementias to enhance patient care.
Communiqué takes a deep dive into how Mayo Clinic Laboratories advances patient care, research, and education through laboratory medicine. Our experts are solving the most serious and complex medical challenges for patients worldwide.
July 2023 - Dermatopathology - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Dermatopathology.
Ingenuity, collaboration, and expertise create a game-changing COVID-19 test swab - Insights
A massive effort culminated in Mayo Clinic designing, testing and mass-manufacturing a 3D-printed mid-turbinate swab for COVID-19 testing.
Including carrier screening, molecular testing, and cytogenetic analysis, Mayo Clinic Laboratories prenatal evaluations provide vital insights for prospective and expecting parents.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories works with hospitals and health care institutions to strengthen their ability to reach more patients and provide the best possible outcomes. These case studies feature some of challenges that Mayo Clinic...
Learn more about our pediatric oncology testing, which was carefully developed by a team of experts to provide efficient, actionable answers.
Genetic liver disease - Insights
Identifying underlying genetic disorders plays an important role in the treatment and care of patients with liver disease. Appropriate use of screening tests in routine clinical practice can rule out possible causes of liver disease and...
Learn how the pulmonary pathology section at Mayo Clinic Laboratories can provide second-opinion consultations on a broad range of neoplastic and nonneoplastic thoracic cases, including primary ciliary dyskinesia.
B-cell and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Insights
Find out how our suite of B-cell and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia tests can detect genetic subgroups and assist in treatment selection.
October 2023 - Gynecological Pathology and Surgical Pathology - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case’s sub-specialties are Gynecological Pathology and Surgical Pathology.
Is the term "outreach" obsolete? - Insights
In a competitive outpatient testing market, choosing a laboratory is discretionary. With the goal of becoming the laboratory of choice for discretionary outpatient testing, it no longer matters if it is called “inreach” or “outreach.” While...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Amprion, a global leader advancing diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders through seed amplification testing, today announced a collaboration to expand access to Amprion's SAAmplify–αSYN (CSF) test across the...
New Year's Specimen Shipping Guidelines and Schedule - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered for the New Year's holiday. To ensure specimen viability and minimize delays, the following adjustments and guidelines have been implemented and will be...
What's New in Health Care Reform: Feb. 13 - Insights
Top highlights include: College education doesn't protect against Alzheimer's, A.I. shows promise as a physician assistant, how machine learning is crafting precision medicine, CVS introduces new concept store with more health care, and...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Feb. 26 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the blast phase myeloproliferative neoplasm with a Mayo-AGIMM study of 410 patients from two separate cohorts.
Pathways Case Studies: February 2020 - 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: Anatomic Pathology,...
Connect with us at the 65th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition to learn how our evaluations can inform your clinical practice. Schedule a one-on-one session with our representatives.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: January 2 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Sarcomas are a recently identified group of undifferentiated round/spindle cell neoplasms with a predilection for the head and neck region.
What You Should Know about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - Insights
A Wisconsin woman has died of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in what Wisconsin health officials have confirmed is the first documented death from the infection in the state. Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: February 13 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) syndrome, caused by somatic mutations in UBA1, is an autoinflammatory disorder with diverse systemic manifestations. Thrombosis is a...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories' algorithmic approach to vector-borne disease testing supports the selection of the right test for the right region. Our full suite of vector-borne disease tests includes expert-developed assays for the most...
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PathWays Case Studies: Nov. 2018 - Insights
Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share three case studies in this month’s “PathWays” post and are challenging you to test your Clinical Pathology, Molecular Diagnostic, Hematopathology, and Dermatology pathology knowledge. Review the cases,...
Pathways Case Studies: November 2019 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for November include the following sub-specialties: Cytogenetics, Genetics,...
Predictors to Direct Neural Antibody Testing in Autoimmune Encephalitis/Epilepsy - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Divyanshu Dubey, M.B.B.S., associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and neurology at Mayo Clinic, discusses various clinical and paraclinical features of autoimmune encephalitis, autoimmune seizures, and...
Amid COVID-19 upheaval, DLMP staff steps up - Insights
When COVID-19 hit, staff in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic rose to the challenge with perseverance, flexibility, and resilience.
Collaboration identifies previously unknown blood clotting condition - Insights
A medical mystery surrounding a clotting disease spurred a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and University of Michigan Health to develop a new test methodology and the discovery of a previously unknown blood clotting condition.
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.
Lab Week: Appreciating clinical laboratory personnel - Insights
Thank you to all laboratory professionals for their efforts to provide critical answers for patients every day, and drive innovation in the field of medicine.
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The prostate health index or phi test reduces the need for prostate cancer biopsies by 30 percent.
Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Katie Perry - Insights
Katie Perry’s work as a supervisor for the Mayo Lab Inquiry call center helps ensure that clients get the information they need, when they need it, and smooths the way for tests to be completed without delay.
Mayo Clinic’s cardiac (CV) remote monitoring service uses the compact MoMe Kardia cardiac monitoring device that yields a continuous, 24/7 stream of a patient’s ECG and motion data, no matter their location. Any troubling or burgeoning...
Each day, some 40 to 45 thousand specimens are shipped to Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester, Minnesota, from hospitals and other health care organizations around the world. And for every sample, there’s a patient to whom it belongs,...
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Testing for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) at Mayo Clinic Laboratories is performed by experienced laboratory scientists and testing experts with decades of experience diagnosing autoimmune...
Respiratory viruses - Insights
Browse our full suite of serology and PCR testing for respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV, and more.