Our Mayo Clinic colleagues are in San Diego for the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Follow this blog for live updates from #ASH18 as we attend the conference, mingle with colleagues at booth #2927, and...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ novel lupus testing, offered in partnership with Progentec Diagnostics, can help characterize disease activity and predict disease flares.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ novel lupus testing, offered in partnership with Progentec Diagnostics, can help characterize disease activity and predict disease flares.
New tests launched in November - Insights
In November 2021, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced thirty four new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Cardiovascular Biomarkers of Atherosclerotic Risk - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Vlad Vasile, M.D., Ph.D., reviews ceramides and their atherosclerotic risk through defining ceramides, talking about when they should be tested for and touch on the topic of ceramides in primary prevention.
The Metabolic Autopsy: Postmortem Screening in Cases of Sudden, Unexpected Death - Insights
In cases of sudden or unexpected death, autopsy evaluation can include a biochemical analysis to identify deaths caused by fatty acid oxidation disorders.
Top Gun Phlebotomy - Butterfly Use: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss recent information on the advantages and disadvantages of using butterfly needles for blood collection.
Optic Neuritis in the Era of Biomarkers - Insights
Antibodies to aquaporin-4 and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are recently described biomarkers seen in a subset of atypical optic neuritis which have revolutionized our understanding of the condition. In this “Hot Topic,” my...
Congenital disorders of glycosylation - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Gessi Pino, a genetic counselor in the Biochemical Genetics Lab at Mayo Clinic, and Kimiyo Raymond, M.D., a clinical consultant in the laboratory and an expert in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG),...
Behind the scenes in neural antibody testing - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” John Mills, Ph.D., explains the central role of tissue immunofluorescence in the identification of neural antibodies and discusses the benefits of an integrated laboratory approach to the development and...