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Mayo Clinic develops and validates new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis - Insights
tests used to diagnose MS, according to the research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The test is now available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories....
What's New in Health Care Reform: Jan. 23 - Insights
Top highlights include: Physician burnout now essentially a public health crisis, Americans more likely to die from opioid overdose than in a car accident, study identifies biomarkers to stratify patients...
"Mayo Clinic Minute": Rise in Tick-Related Meat Allergy - Insights
Once confined to the southern part of the U.S., the lone star tick is now being found further north and west, and so are reports of allergic reactions to meat following a tick bite. Bobbi Pritt, M.D.,...
Our staff, our stories: Patrice Brown - Insights
Patrice Brown, PA(ASCP), shares her story of growing up in Virginia and moving to Rochester, Minnesota to work at Mayo Clinic. She also shares her unique perspective of traveling internationally as COVID-19 was starting to spread.
What's New in Health Care Reform: Dec. 26 - Insights
prescribing opioid overdose reversal drug along with painkillers, Surgeon General warns youth vaping is now an "epidemic," international patients seeking cures in the states, Mayo Clinic President and CEO Dr...
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...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 23 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: The temporal onset of the core features in dementia with Lewy bodies.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 21 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Learning through a Pandemic: The current state of knowledge on COVID-19 and cancer.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 28 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Risk of late-onset breast cancer in genetically predisposed women.
New tests launched in January - Insights
In January, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced a new test along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Impact of pre-analytical variables on clinical laboratory testing and patient care - Insights
This "Phlebotomy Webinar" presentation highlights the most common pre-analytical variables encountered in the hospital setting that may compromise blood specimen integrity and lead to specimen recollection.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 5 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Therapeutic trials in adult FSGS: lessons learned and the road forward.
Hematology journal lauds HIT testing research - Insights
A study involving Mayo Clinic investigators that examined new approaches to the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia has been met with enthusiasm in the scientific community.
Updated authentication for Mayo Clinic Laboratories - Insights
On Saturday, March 13 at 6 p.m. CT, Mayo Clinic Laboratories will be migrating to the authentication service used across Mayo Clinic.
Elitza Theel, Ph.D., weighs in on the value of COVID-19 antibody testing - Insights
Director of Mayo Clinic’s Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory, Elitza Theel, Ph.D., joins a discussion about COVID-19 antibody testing in a recent story on NPR.
Annual screening for latent tuberculosis in healthcare workers: No longer required - Insights
This "Phlebotomy Webinar" presentation will review the methods available to detect latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), including the classic tuberculin skin test and the more recently...
MCL @Work: Jessica Balcom - Insights
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology with a joint appointment in the Mayo Clinic Cystic Fibrosis Center. Now she serves as a hematology-oncology genetic counselor supervisor managing a large team of genetic counselors...
Practical aspects & pitfalls in molecular diagnosis of brain tumors - Insights
Practical aspects and pitfalls in the molecular diagnosis of brain tumors.
Pioneering Research in Autoimmune Neurology: Vanda Lennon, M.D., Ph.D. - Insights
Mayo Clinic, is joined by Vanda Lennon, M.D., Ph.D., founder of the Neuroimmunology Laboratory and now director of the Neuroimmunology Research Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Pritt and Dr. Lennon discuss...
The discovery of Kelch like protein 11 (KLHL11) IgG as a specific biomarker of neurological autoimmunity associated testicular germ cell tumor.
Beyond Q-tips: The swabbing guide for SARS-CoV-2 - Insights
This "Phlebotomy Webinar" will discuss the various types of swabs that can be used to collect specimens for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing.
UofL Health – UofL Hospital physicians and laboratory scientists faced challenges in the ordering of autoimmune and paraneoplastic panels: duplicate orders that add unnecessary cost and omitted test orders that could provide the key to the...
Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific collaborate to benefit patients - Insights
Mayo Clinic and Thermo Fisher have joined forces to bring innovative solutions to patients.
Artificial intelligence paves way for earlier detection of gastrointestinal cancers - Insights
Mayo Clinic researchers are now using artificial intelligence (AI) systems to help increase polyp detection during colonoscopies and identify colorectal cancer at an early stage. Like facial recognition...
What's New in Quality & Regulatory? (2025) - Insights
Register now – Oct. 14, 2025 - PACE/State of FL - This webinar will provide an overview of recent regulatory changes impacting clinical laboratories. This will include the latest updates to Clinical Laboratory...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 30 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Tumor junction burden and antigen presentation as predictors of survival in mesothelioma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Jason Hipp, M.D., Ph.D., named chair of DLMP's new Division of Clinical Informatics - Insights
Dr. Hipp is a board-certified pathologist with fellowship training in pathology informatics, as well as artificial intelligence, machine, and deep-learning experience.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 16 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Discovery of autoantibodies targeting nephrin in minimal change disease supports a novel autoimmune etiology.
Fergus Couch, Ph.D., co-authors new guidelines for interpreting ATM cancer gene variants - Insights
mutations in ATM have been shown to increase the risk of breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. Now published by the American Journal of Human Genetics and available for widespread use, Dr. Couch says...
IMPACTS Team Continues to Combat Life-Threatening Arthropod-Borne Infections in Belize - Insights
Now in its second year of a five-year initiative to better understand and detect arboviruses in Belize, the IMPACTS (Integrated Mayo Clinic Program for Arbovirus Community health education Training and...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 9 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: The SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a multicenter randomized trial.
Paraneoplastic Vision Loss Evaluation [Test in Focus] - Insights
Andrew McKeon, M,B., B.Ch., M.D., provides an overview of Mayo Clinic Laboratories' new paraneoplastic vision loss evaluation — a test that can help direct a cancer diagnosis and guide treatment. He reviews why this test was developed, when...
High-resolution targeted stimulant and phencyclidine (PCP) screen - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., discusses the high-resolution targeted stimulant and PCP screening test from Mayo Clinic Laboratories, which offers sensitivity and specificity for use in the monitoring and management of...
How digital pathology provides faster answers - Insights
be retrieved and delivered. This has significantly improved patient care because pathologists can now discuss cases with clinicians and surgeons in real time....
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Week in Review: July 16 - Insights
Top highlights include: a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine sparking debate over booster shots, rare reactions with the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, and can vaccinated people get long Covid.
Forensic Pathology 101 - Insights
In this episode of Lab Medicine Rounds, Reade Quinton, M.D., discusses what it takes to become a forensic pathologist, talks about common misconceptions related to the field, and describes what a day in the life of a forensic pathologist is...
Quality in the clinical practice - Insights
In this episode, Paula Santrach, M.D., associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and consultant in Transfusion Medicine at Mayo Clinic, discusses cultivating quality in the clinical practice.
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...
Carrier Screening [Test in Focus] - Insights
Michelle Kluge, M.S., CGC, explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ CYPZ assay provides accurate testing for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Using an in-depth methodology that incorporates Sanger sequencing, MCL can provide clear answers for...
Staphylococcus species assay [Test in Focus] - Insights
Audrey Schuetz, M.D., discusses Mayo Clinic Laboratories' PCR assay that identifies two recently described staphylococcus species. The assay is unique in its ability to distinguish the new organisms from Staphylococcus aureus, providing...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 19 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Autopsy validation of progressive supranuclear palsy-predominant speech/language disorder criteria.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 12 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Effect of urate-elevating inosine on early Parkinson disease progression: The SURE-PD3 randomized clinical trial.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 8 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: The management of cancer symptoms and treatment-induced side effects with cannabis or cannabinoids.
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.
Compassionate, knowledgeable death care brings Mayo Clinic's mission full circle - Insights
The Office of Decedent Affairs plays a key role in Mayo Clinic’s mission as its staff guide families through the logistics and complexities of a loved one’s death with skill and empathy.
Outreach Financial Management: The Basics and More - Insights
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Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: September 28 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Effect of probiotics on incident ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically Ill patients: A randomized clinical trial.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 26 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Proceedings from the ice hockey summit III: Action on concussion.
Precision medicine for obesity program - Insights
PACE/State of CA/State of FL - In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Andres Acosta, M.D., Ph.D., discusses how individualized medicine can play a role in obesity.