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Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers a robust menu of biomarker testing to assess liver disease related to nonalcoholic and alcoholic causes. These include FibroTest-ActiTest, a first-line screening assay that uses two diagnostic scores based on...
The prostate health index or phi test reduces the need for prostate cancer biopsies by 30 percent.
Carbohydrate metabolism - Insights
Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories testing for carbohydrate metabolism can identify genetic variants and confirm diagnosis of these complex conditions.
Guidance Documents: Learning About Lipids - Insights
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” host Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Jeff Meeusen, Ph.D., assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and clinical chemist in the Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services for the...
Pathways Case Studies: December 2022 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for December include the following sub-specialties: Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology,...
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Email Management and Tips - Insights
Opening your email inbox is like being dealt a hand of cards. You don’t know what you’ll get, you may be caught off guard, and you need to determine how to play out the hand you’ve been dealt. Thomas Huntley, MT(ASCP), Education...
Browse our suite of fluorescence in situ hybridization tests designed to identify malignancies in select genes associated with eosinophilia.
High-Resolution Targeted Benzodiazepine Screen - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., highlights Mayo Clinic’s targeted benzodiazepine assay and discusses the advantages and limitations of various urine-screening assays as well as quantitative confirmatory testing to determine...
Mayo Clinic Minute: 4 Ways to Avoid Ticks - Insights
Whether you’re camping, hiking, or just playing near woods this summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says tick bites should be top of mind. Bobbi Pritt, M.D., a Mayo Clinic parasitic diseases expert, weighs in on ways to...
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© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. 03/2024 Mosquito-borne Disease Laboratory Testing Malaria suspected Refer to the Malaria Laboratory Testing Algorithm for information Order: ■ FIL /...
Memo Mayo Clinic Laboratories Memo | 1 To: Whom it may concern From: DLMP Quality Management Services Re: CLIA Lab Director update- Dr. Nikola Baumann As of June 10, 2024 a new CLIA Lab Director assumed the role for CLIA#...
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Memo Mayo Clinic Laboratories Memo | 1 Date: June 10, 2024 To: Whom it may concern From: DLMP Quality Management Services Re: CLIA Lab Director update- Dr. Nikola Baumann As of June 10, 2024 a new CLIA Lab Director assumed the...
Blood clots in the heart are common in patients with COVID-19 - Insights
A small but in-depth study conducted a postmortem evaluation of the heart tissue of 15 patients with COVID-19, including the first postmortem cardiac findings of three patients who had cleared the virus.
"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., Medical Director of the Clinical...
Mayo Clinic Minute: What Are the "ABCs" of Avoiding Ticks? - Insights
It's time to start preparing for what could be a bumper crop of ticks across the U.S. As the last of the winter's snow melts, ticks start coming up from under the grass looking for a blood meal. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Bobbi Pritt,...
Pathways Case Studies: September 2023 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for September include the following sub-specialties: Cardiovascular Pathology,...
Pathways Case Studies: March 2023 - 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, Cytopathology,...
Mayo Clinic MASSFIX - Insights
Learn more about matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and the identification of plasma cell disorders.
April 2023 - Cellular Therapy and Transfusion Medicine - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case’s sub-specialties are Cellular Therapy and Transfusion Medicine.
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03/2022 © Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. Syphilis Serology Algorithm * For patients with a prior known history of syphilis, a negative RPR suggests past, successfully treated syphilis **...
Learn more about matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and the identification of plasma cell disorders.
Learn more about matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and the identification of plasma cell disorders.
Frozen and on Time: Rapid Margin Assessment Helps Prevent Repeat Surgeries - Insights
A breakthrough in pathology, achieved more than a century ago (allegedly on a frozen window ledge in Rochester, Minnesota) has evolved into an innovative aspect of care at Mayo Clinic. Mayo is one of the only medical centers in the United...
Finding the Balance: Legal Issues Arising from Precision Medicine - Insights
By taking into account an individual’s genes, lifestyle, and environment, precision medicine offers the prospect of finding individualized therapies that might ultimately cure diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Yet, as with other...
Precision mental and behavioral health therapeutics - Insights
Our Precision Mental and Behavioral Health Therapeutics initiative leverages cutting-edge diagnostic solutions to optimize medication management for psychiatric and neurologic patients.
Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk of Relapse with Neuromyelitis Optica - Insights
"This study offers hope to patients, since each attack in NMO can cause loss of visual or motor function," says Sean Pittock, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist and first author.
Learn about our hereditary cancer test offerings, including single-gene assays that evaluate specific genes already identified in a parent.
Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop Prediction Tool for Kidney Stones - Insights
Mayo Clinic researchers are tracking the familiar characteristics of kidney stone formers in an online prediction tool that could help sufferers anticipate if they'll experience future episodes.
Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ genetic testing for pancreatic disease can provide a clearer understanding of a patient’s condition.
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...
Encephalitis caused by the immune system attacking the brain is similar in frequency to encephalitis from infections, Mayo Clinic researchers report in Annals of Neurology.
Pathways Case Studies: December 2023 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for December include the following sub-specialties: Cardiovascular Pathology and...
Liquid biopsy cancer testing - Insights
Learn how the pioneering approach used in liquid biopsy testing available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories enables individualized insights that drive personalized care.
Mayo Clinic Discovers Biological Markers That Could Guide Treatment for Prostate Cancer - Insights
Genetic alterations in low-risk prostate cancer diagnosed by needle biopsy can identify men that harbor higher-risk cancer in their prostate glands, Mayo Clinic has discovered.
Sudden cardiac death and episodes of fainting and seizures from long QT syndrome are significantly lower than previously thought when patients are diagnosed and treated at a specialty center dedicated to the treatment of genetic heart...
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., discusses the use of qualitative urine screening assays and quantitative confirmatory testing to determine compliance in pain management patients.
A Development Framework for Emerging and New Leaders - Insights
Amy Seegmiller-Renner, Education Coordinator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, discusses a development framework for emerging and new leaders.
G2 Special Report: The Counter-Argument to Selling Your Hospital Lab - Insights
In collaboration with G2 Intelligence and author Jeff Downs, Mayo Medical Laboratories has secured the rights for our clients to download, the G2 Special Report: "The Counter-Argument to Selling Your Hospital Lab."
Phlebotomy Techniques Module Now Available - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories Education is pleased to announce the release of its third Phlebotomy Module on “Phlebotomy Techniques.” This will be the third of a series of six modules to be released by the MCL Education team over time. The...
Tools for Laboratory Management - Insights
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Robert Michel, editor-in-chief of The Dark Report, an intelligence service and publication that provides economic and strategic assessment of the clinical...
Pathways Case Studies: February 2023 - 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: Clinical Informatics,...
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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...
According to Mayo Clinic research published in JAMA, six genes contain mutations that may be passed down in families, substantially increasing a person’s risk for pancreatic cancer.
Find out how our kidney stone services identify the physical compositions of stones to help optimize care for patients with nephrolithiasis.
Histoplasma/Blastomyces - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories full menu of testing for Histoplasma or Blastomyces infection includes an innovative, direct detection assay can detect antigens from both species.
Anti-hypertensive drug monitoring - Insights
Learn how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ anti-hypertensive drug panel can assist physicians in understanding the reasons for resistant hypertension in patients.