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.
QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D. will discuss a new interferon-gamma release assay that can assist in the detection of individuals that are infected with tuberculosis.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Sept. 17 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the risk of MGUS in relatives of multiple myeloma cases by clinical and tumor characteristics.
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Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Oct. 15 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights paraneoplastic neuronal intermediate filament autoimmunity.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Sept. 10 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights hepatocellular carcinoma detection by plasma methylated DNA through a discovery, phase I pilot, and phase II clinical validation.
Mayo Clinic Start-up Earns World Economic Forum Award - Insights
Mayo Clinic startup company Vineti developed first-of-its-kind software package tracking for cell therapies. Vineti’s groundbreaking product captured a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award in the field of health.
COVID-19's dangerous connection to coagulopathy - Insights
Nahla Heikal, M.D., co-director of Mayo Clinic's Special Coagulation Laboratory, addresses the connection between COVID-19 and coagulopathy.
Training Clinical Chemistry: Where Do We Go from Here? - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., discusses training in clinical chemistry, highlighting his own experiences and challenges and offering valuable resources for future pathology residents.
January 2023 - Gastroenterology - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Gastroenterology Pathology.
COVID-19 Laboratory Update: July 7 | Minnesota Partnership - Insights
Minnesota reaches milestone of 20,000 daily test capacity Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced the state has completed more than half a million
Perspectives Archives - Insights
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Discussion as Pedagogical Strategy - Insights
Discussion is an effective pedagogical strategy to facilitate a learning experience and assess understanding. Carrie Bowler, Program Manager of Staff Development in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, discusses the benefits...
Some Interesting Applications in the Medical Laboratory Science Program - Insights
Elizabeth Atneosen, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, discusses interesting applications she has learned thus far in the program.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 9 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Intrathecal delivery of autologous culture-expanded adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSC) could be utilized to treat traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). This Phase I trial...
Week in Review: October 25 - Insights
Top highlights include: a new high-tech product may pose a threat to the classic stethoscope, bedtime might be the best time for blood pressure medications, food can help control chronic health conditions, and you may have had a silent...
How to Give Effective Feedback - Insights
Thomas Huntley, MT(ASCP), Education Coordinator, discusses how to give effective feedback to diminish undesired behaviors, provide the opportunity for others to grow, strengthen interpersonal relationships, and discover personal changes...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 7 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights how fasting blood-glucose levels provide estimate of duration and progression of pancreatic cancer before diagnosis.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Aug. 7 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights a randomized controlled trial of postoperative belladonna and opium rectal suppositories in vaginal surgery.
Research Suggests Genetics Are Key in Treating Night Sweats - Insights
Hormone therapy is often used to prevent night sweats. But finding the right dose of estrogen can be tricky, with some women needing more estrogen than others to get relief. A new Mayo Clinic study published in Menopause: The Journal of the...
Biopharma solutions - Insights
Inspired by Mayo Clinic’s tradition of collaboration to break down barriers, expand knowledge, and change medicine, BioPharma Diagnostics brings unmatched expertise and quality to each project. Whether supporting clinical trials, advancing...
Ticks and the Art of Finding Beauty in Dreadful, Wonderful Parasites - Insights
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., spends her work hours identifying and diagnosing infectious diseases. In her free time, she celebrates their beauty by creating bug-related artwork and blogging about parasites.
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...
We offer next-generation sequencing and comprehensive fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) panels, as well as extensive immunohistochemistry (IHC) offerings, to diagnose and monitor T-cell lymphoma.
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Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 17 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights autologous mesenchymal stem cells, applied in a bioabsorbable matrix, for treatment of perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 13 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the clinical and pathological evolution of giant cell arteritis with a prospective study of follow-up temporal artery biopsies in 40 treated patients.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: February 13 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) syndrome, caused by somatic mutations in UBA1, is an autoinflammatory disorder with diverse systemic manifestations. Thrombosis is a...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: December 26 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Histoplasma and Blastomyces antigen detection assays are commonly used diagnostic tools. However, a high level of cross-reactivity between these antigens prevents definitive pathogen identification by...
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Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: September 26 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Semaglutide in HFpEF across obesity class and by body weight reduction.
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Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 3 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Gene fusions involving tumor protein p63 gene (TP63) occur in multiple T and B cell lymphomas and portend a dismal prognosis for patients. The function and mechanisms of TP63 fusions remain unclear, and...
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Creativity: The Most Valuable Skill Needed Everyday - Insights
What is your organization doing to help foster and promote creativity within the workplace? Creativity is a skill that is needed in the workplace now more than ever.
The Ignorance of Laboratory Medicine - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., reflects on the "ignorance" of laboratory medicine among clinical colleagues.
Five Points of Interest from International Consensus Conference - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., Clinical Pathologist and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, recently attended the International Consensus Conference for Patient Blood Management in Frankfurt, Germany. He...
Do You Critically Reflect? Maybe You Should . . . - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., clinical pathologist and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the importance of daily critical reflection.
Spilling the Secret Sauce for Inter-Professional Collaboration - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., Clinical Pathologist and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, highlights inter-professional collaboration through a recap of #Transfuse18.
CPT Codes and LOINC Updates Archives - Page 5 of 6 - Insights
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Mayo Clinic Environmental Sustainability Efforts Recognized by Practice Greenhealth - Insights
Multiple Mayo Clinic locations have received national recognition for their sustainability efforts through Practice Greenhealth, a national organization dedicated to reducing health care’s impact on the environment. The annual awards...
Mayo Clinic again Named among Disability Equality Index Best Places to Work - Insights
Mayo Clinic has again received a top score on the Disability Equality Index, or DEI, and designation as a 2018 Disability Equality Index Best Place to Work.
Mayo Clinic implemented a patient blood-management program in 2010 on its Rochester campus and has since experienced a 35-percent reduction of blood transfusions, improving patient outcomes and achieving significant savings. Using best...
Mayo Clinic Sustains Reduced Blood Culture Contamination in the Laboratory - Insights
A recent article in MedicalLab Management, authored by Mayo Clinic staff, discusses how to sustain reduced blood-culture contamination in clinical laboratories.