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Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Sherri Hawkins - Insights

With nearly 30 years at Mayo Clinic, Sherri Hawkins has served in a wide range of laboratory-related roles. Beginning as a laboratorian on the bench and now serving as Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) manager, Sherri has been able to...

Cutting-edge lab work cracks a medical mystery: Kenneth Hobby - Insights

Kenneth Hobby assumed his fever, fatigue, and aching pains in May 2018 were from another bout of malaria. He was on one of his frequent visits to Zambia in southern Africa, where the mosquito-borne parasite is common. But anti-malaria drugs...

GFAP: Novel Test for a Newly Identified Meningoencephalomyelitis - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is the only laboratory in the world to offer testing for a novel form of autoimmune meningoencephalomyelitis. Known as autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy, the condition was identified...

Diagnostic expertise leads to recovery from rare cancer: Alison O'Neill - Insights

After what looked like a blemish turned out to be angiosarcoma, a rare, life-threatening cancer of the blood vessels, Alison O'Neill was put on an aggressive treatment plan and regenerative approach to healing made possible by the...

Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers first test to detect recently discovered autoimmune disease associated with testicular cancer - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories has launched a first-in-the-U.S. autoimmune test of the Kelchlike protein 11 antibody, or KLHL11, which is used to detect autoimmune disease associated with testicular cancer.

Mayo Clinic Develops First-in-U.S. Neurology Test to Distinguish Spectrum of Autoimmune Demyelinating Diseases from Multiple Sclerosis - Insights

Mayo Clinic has launched a first-in-the-U.S. clinical test that will help patients who recently have been diagnosed with an inflammatory demyelinating disease but may be unsure of the exact disorder.

MCL @Work: Joune Twist - Insights

Joune Twist has always embraced her natural interest for learning new information and improving processes. In 2019, her curiosity and previous work led her to join Mayo Clinic’s Neuroimmunology Lab. As a medical laboratory scientist, Joune...

Pharmacogenomics - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ pharmacogenomic testing offers superior analytical quality, enabling targeted detection of more clinically actionable alleles than other testing.