New tests launched in July - Insights
In July 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced fifteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Mayo Clinic and National Decision Support Company unveil CareSelect Lab™ to provide real-time medical guidance when ordering clinical lab tests. The tool assists health care providers with appropriate ordering of lab testing, improving...
Christmas and New Year's specimen shipment alert - Insights
Due to the Christmas and New Year's holiday's (recognized on Sunday, December 25th, and Sunday, January 1st ), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and...
Sarcoma Targeted Gene Panel [Test in Focus] - Insights
Andre Oliveira, M.D., Ph.D., gives an overview of this testing available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories. He discusses when this testing should be ordered, how this testing compares to previous testing approaches, and what clinical action...
Platelet Transmission Electron Microscopy and Flow Cytometry - Insights
In this "Hot Topic," Dong Chen, M.D., Ph.D., describes how flow cytometry, electron micrographic study, and molecular testing are used to diagnose platelet function disorders.
Genetic Testing to Enhance Multiple Myeloma Treatment - Insights
Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer, but most people haven’t heard of it until they or someone they know is diagnosed with the disease. March is Myeloma Action Month—a time to focus attention on the fight against...
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...
Zooming in on Cancer Suspects - Insights
Genetic testing is like security-camera video footage of a break-in, providing essential clues to identify a culprit. In certain cancers, the "culprit" might be a rearrangement in a person's DNA, which genomic testing can capture. Mayo...
Examining dendritic cells to uncover immunity defects - Insights
Dendritic cells play a crucial role in the body's immune response. Research has shown that too few of these cells in the blood may signal a defect in innate immunity. Up to this point, however, no clinical test has been available to count...
New tests launched in February - Insights
In February 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced fourteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New tests launched in May - Insights
In May 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced multiple new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Week in Review: April 15 - Insights
Today's highlights include: Facing 'alarming' health care worker shortage, unusual cases of hepatitis in young children, and why women's risk of heart disease increased during the pandemic.
Rapid response: COVID-19, monkeypox, and whatever comes next - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories' rapid response to public health threats has been honed during outbreaks of viruses like 2009’s H1N1 influenza, Zika, Ebola and, most recently, COVID-19. Before COVID-19, laboratory staff were already experts in...
numares and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have announced a collaboration to develop clinical diagnostic tests that will measure clusters of risk factors as opposed to individual biomarkers. The unique testing will use nuclear magnetic resonance...
The assay is now recommended for diagnosing and monitoring patients with monoclonal protein disorders and exclusively available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories– Rochester.
Pathways Case Studies: March 2021 - 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: Pulmonary Pathology, Cardiovascular...
Pathways Case Studies: February 2021 - 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: Neuropathology,...
Pathways Case Studies: April 2021 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for April include the following sub-specialties: Genitourinary Pathology,...
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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,...
Pathways Case Studies: April 2022 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for April include the following sub-specialties: Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology,...
Immunobullous Diseases: Paraneoplastic Pemphigus (PNP) - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Julia Lehman, M.D., will discuss a rare and potentially fatal mucocutaneous blistering disease that is often associated with an underlying malignancy, called paraneoplastic pemphigus. She will also discuss the...
New tests launched in October - Insights
In October 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced thirty new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New tests launched in March - Insights
In March 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced eighteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Outreach & Business Solutions - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ Outreach Program equips laboratory leaders with Mayo Clinic expertise and customized strategies to help grow laboratory revenues by increasing efficiencies and minimizing waste.
TRBC1 a Useful Tool in T-Cell Flow Cytometry [Test in Focus] - Insights
Horatiu Olteanu, M.D., Ph.D., gives an overview of the updated Leukemia and Lymphoma Immunophentoyping test now including TCRBC1 available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
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...
Pathways Case Studies: February 2022 - 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 Biochemistry, Bone and...
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New tests launched in January - Insights
In January 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced twenty five new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Monoclonal Gammopathy Informative Cases - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories provides evaluation and consultation for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hereditary and acquired hematologic disorders.
Connect with us at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting to learn how our evaluations can inform your clinical practice.
New tests launched in October - Insights
In October 2021, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced eleven new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Embracing the transformative power of digital pathology - Insights
Mayo Clinic is harnessing the extraordinary potential of digital pathology through a robust initiative that’s using the technology to enhance patient care. Mayo’s Dermatology Department is an early adopter, and clinicians, students, and...
Collaboration Paves the Way for Rapid Discovery in Autoimmune Neurology - Insights
Using advanced technology, scientists at Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub, Mayo Clinic and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have discovered an autoimmune disease that appears to affect men with testicular cancer.
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...
Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2) Score - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Divyanshu Dubey, M.B.B.S., discusses how patients with encephalopathy and/or epilepsy of unknown etiology may have an autoimmune or paraneoplastic cause.
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In this month's "Hot Topic," Robin Patel, M.D., discusses how the use of multiplex tests may reduce the turnaround time for identifying the cause of bloodstream infections, and how this might impact antibiotic stewardship and patient...
Join us at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting to learn about the latest in autoimmune and genetic neurology testing.
New tests launched in August - Insights
In August 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced thirty-two new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
One of the biggest misunderstandings about genetic testing is a perception that once a variant is identified and analyzed thoroughly, using all the best tools available, it can be associated with a specific disease or condition. But many...
The exponential increase in the number of diagnostic tests available to physicians (in dermatopathology as well as other medical specialties) can be overwhelming, according to a new multi-institutional study co-published in the Journal of...
Our Staff, Our Stories: Darin Kittleson - Insights
From friendly neighbor, to a hero. Darin Kittleson was in the middle of his ordinary day snow plowing his driveway when he decided to plow his neighbor’s driveway, as well. That was when he heard the cry for help. Darin rushed inside as 911...
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Autoimmune Encephalopathy Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Our phenotype specific testing for autoimmune encephalopathy contains only clinically relevant antibodies providing accurate answers for treatment guidance.
Pathways Case Studies: June 2022 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for June include the following sub-specialties: Dermatopathology, Gastroenterology...
With the rise of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, multigene panel testing is expanding so rapidly that clinical practice is racing to keep pace. And questions within genetic tests have expanded along with it, making definitive...
New tests launched in June - Insights
In June 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced forty-nine new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
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