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Challenges of Saliva Testing - Insights

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Darci Block, Ph.D., assistant professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and consultant in Clinical Core Laboratory Services at Mayo Clinic, to discuss...

MCL Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Vascular Malformations Gene Panel Patient Information MC1235296

MCL Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Vascular Malformations Gene Panel Patient Information Complete print Reset Form Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Vascular Malformations Gene Panel Patient Information Instructions Accurate...

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Leslie Donato, Ph.D., Discusses New Lab Testing Options to Evaluate IBS-D Patients - Insights

Leslie Donato, Ph.D., Consultant in Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Core Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, recently authored an article in "Medical Lab Management" on new laboratory testing options to evaluate irritable bowel...

Sarcoma Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Supplementing the histologic diagnosis with genetic testing can improve diagnostic accuracy and overall patient management.

Resources for patients - Insights

Discover helpful patient resources, including how to request an appointment at Mayo Clinic, test result information, information about diseases and conditions, Symptom Checker, and healthy lifestyle information.

Other Testing - Insights

Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists drive research and test development, and our assays are backed by some of the world’s leading subspecialists.

Curtis Hanson, M.D., Discusses Prognostic Markers for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Insights

Curtis Hanson, M.D., discusses the importance of detecting immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable region gene (IGHV) when acquiring prognostic and potentially therapeutic information in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients in CAP TODAY.

Gynecologic Pathology - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

In gynecologic pathology, we see a wide variety of cases from ovarian tumors, and endometrial lesions to gestational disease problems

Targeted mass spectrometry screening - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ targeted screening to detect for controlled substances offers the highest level of testing for all drug classes.

Ganglioside-associated neuropathies - Insights

Learn how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ ganglioside antibody evaluation can provide diagnostic clarity and a path forward for patients impacted by autoimmune peripheral neuropathy.

Eosinophilia - Insights

Browse our suite of fluorescence in situ hybridization tests designed to identify malignancies in select genes associated with eosinophilia.

Cystatin C - Insights

Learn how our cystatin C testing provides an index of glomerular filtration rate, which is the best indicator of overall kidney health and function.

Creatine disorders - Insights

Check out Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ biochemical and molecular testing options to diagnose creatine deficiency disorders.

Single Gene Sarcoma Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

In cases where comprehensive NGS analysis cannot be performed or the diagnosis is highly suspect, we also offer a variety of single-gene fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) tests

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.

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.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Discusses an Update on Malaria Diagnostics and Test Utilization - Insights

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory and Co-Director of Mayo’s Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory Services, co-authored an article review in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology on an update on malaria...

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Discusses Effect of White-Footed Mouse on Lyme Disease - Insights

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Medical Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory Services at Mayo Clinic, discusses why the role of the white-footed mouse is so important in spreading...

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Discusses Minnesota Bugs to Watch out for This Summer - Insights

In a recent article in the Star Tribune, Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, weighs in on bugs present in Minnesota to watch out for this...

Holiday Specimen Shipment - Insights

Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 7), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected.

Holiday specimen shipment - Insights

Due to the holiday season, Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, please plan ahead.

Using Statin Choice Decision-Aid Tool and Laboratory Testing to Reduce Cardiac Risk - Insights

With more than 70,000 uses worldwide and policy endorsements for its use (JAMA Article), the Mayo Clinic Statin Choice Decision-Aid tool is helping patients and their clinicians have meaningful conversations about whether or not to use...

R. Ross Reichard, M.D., Featured in CAP Today - Insights

R. Ross Reichard, M.D., DLMP Vice Chair of Quality and Associate Chair of Practice, recently contributed to a College of American Pathologists (CAP) article in CAP Today. The article, "How the Laboratory Drives Patient Satisfaction,"...

Magically improving the patient experience - Insights

This "Phlebotomy Webinar" will enhance the user’s knowledge regarding how the secrets of magicians can be used to reduce patient fear and anxiety associated with hospital and clinic visits. Attendees will be provided with research studies...

Phlebotomy COVID-19 Process - Insights

This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will focus on the role of the phlebotomist and the changes adapted to provide service safely to COVID positive patients in different service areas (ED, ICU vs General floors).

They Did "WHAT?!" Capturing Patient Experience to Increase Patient Satisfaction - Insights

This “Phlebotomy” webinar will discuss how a patient’s “experience” is the entirety of all the interactions that person has had within the health care system. Each member of a health care team plays a role in enhancing patient satisfaction,...

Legal Updates in Phlebotomy - Insights

This "Phlebotomy" webinar will provide an update of litigation trends affecting phlebotomists.

The Role of CSF in Alzheimer's Disease - Insights

This "Specialty Testing" webinar will discuss Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which has been used in research on Alzheimer's disease for decades. Only recently, have platforms been developed to standardize measurements across laboratories.

Autoimmune Myelopathy - Insights

The clinical, radiologic, and serologic characteristics of autoimmune myelopathies and their mimics.

Blood Cultures: Practice, Utilization, and Challenges - Insights

This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will discuss types, sets, draws, and automated instruments for blood cultures.

Scaling monkeypox testing and the new COVID variant: Dr. Bill Morice - Insights

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins "Answers From the Lab" for his weekly leadership update with podcast host Bobbi...

Legislation, leadership, and MayoComplete: Dr. Bill Morice - Insights

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins "Answers From the Lab" for his weekly leadership update with host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., interim chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology...

New Blood Test to Help Determine Heart Disease Highlighted in European Heart Journal - Insights

European Heart Journal recently highlighted Mayo Clinic's new blood test that may predict cardiovascular events in patients with or without coronary artery disease.

Pediatric Autoimmune CNS Disorders Evaluation - Insights

The clinical presentations, evaluation (including diagnostic antibody testing), and treatment of autoimmune pediatric CNS disorders, including encephalitides and myelopathies.

Tips & Tricks for Difficult Sticks - Insights

This "Phlebotomy webinar" focuses on the origins of difficult collections and the situations that result in them.

Improved Diagnosis of Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy by Combinatorial Immune Assays - Insights

The diagnosis, pathological understanding, and current best treatment options for necrotizing autoimmune myopathy.

Autoimmune Myelopathy Evaluation [Test in Focus] - Insights

Patients with autoimmune myelopathy present with subacute onset and rapid progression of spinal cord symptoms (weakness, gait difficulties, loss of sensation, neuropathic pain, and bowel and bladder dysfunction). Autoimmune myelopathy...

Molecular Mitochondrial Testing [Test in Focus] - Insights

The diagnosis of mitochondrial disease can be particularly challenging as the presentation can occur at any age, involve virtually any organ system, and be associated with widely varying severities. Due to the considerable overlap in the...

A heart full of gratitude: Meckenzie Tinaglia - Insights

Two years ago, when 29-year-old Meckenzie Tinaglia experienced a series of seizure-like events shortly after a cardiac ablation procedure, she knew her heart was to blame. Her local providers, however, weren’t convinced. If not for Mayo...

BCR/ABL1 Testing [Test in Focus] - Insights

David Viswanatha, M.D., a hematopathologist and co-director of the molecular hematology and complete genome sequencing laboratories at Mayo Clinic, provides an overview of BCR/ABL1 testing, discusses the best testing methods, NCCN/ELN...

Practical aspects & pitfalls in molecular diagnosis of brain tumors - Insights

Practical aspects and pitfalls in the molecular diagnosis of brain tumors.

MCL Hereditary Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmias Patient Information MC1235207

MCL Hereditary Cardiomyopathies Arrhythmias Patient Information Complete print Hereditary Cardiomyopathies Arrhythmias Patient Information Reset Form Instructions Accurate interpretation reporting genetic results

MCL Hereditary Dyslipidemia Patient Information MC1235295

MCL Hereditary Dyslipidemia Patient Information Complete print Reset Form Hereditary Dyslipidemia Patient Information Instructions Accurate interpretation reporting genetic results contingent

Genetic counselors - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ genetic counselors are experts on heritable illness who provide a wealth of knowledge to guide appropriate testing utilization and interpret results.

Genetic testing - Insights

Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ genetic gastroenterology tests can provide diagnostic clarity across a range of inherited GI disorders.

Autoimmune GI Dysmotility - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Identifying GI dysmotility as autoimmune-mediated is extremely important because patients treated with immunotherapy can see a dramatic improvement, going from persistent nausea, vomiting, and weight loss to feeling normal within a few...

Laboratory space - Insights

Learn more about how our flexible lab space and expert staff can help you meet your diagnostic needs.

FAQ - Insights

Answers to the most commonly asked questions on shipping supplies and requirements, turn-around-times, and billing, among others.

Helicobacter pylori - Insights

Find out why timely, accurate diagnosis of H. pylori is critical for improving patients’ gastrointestinal health and preventing further harm.