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Celiac disease - Insights

While the diagnostic criteria of celiac disease are well defined, symptoms are generally nonspecific. This fact, combined with the variety of available tests — each with a specific utility and interpretation — can make a diagnosis...

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Urinary stone services - Insights

Learn how our approach to kidney stone services and concise reporting enable accurate interpretation to guide clinical decisions.

Hereditary hearing loss - Insights

Learn how our hereditary hearing loss test can help avoid unnecessary workups and appointments and reduce anxiety for patients and their families.

In vitro diagnostics solutions - Insights

BioPharma Diagnostics supports medical device, biopharma, and diagnostic companies with in vitro diagnostic services, including analytical validation of new assays and devices in compliance with CAP/CLIA requirements.

Additional neuromuscular disorders - Insights

Learn how our comprehensive menu of focused panels can provide clarity and confidence when diagnosing neuromuscular disorders.

Bleeding disorders - Insights

See how our Special Coagulation Laboratory offers algorithmic approaches to meet your bleeding disorder testing needs.

Inflammatory bowel disease - Insights

Our robust menu of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) testing can assist with the diagnosis and management of IBD and includes first-line fecal testing for calprotectin; serologic analysis of clinically relevant antibodies; and genetic...

50th Anniversary Stories - Insights

From a small-scale enterprise with a two-man sales force and a limited testing menu, to a world-renowned reference lab with an expansive testing catalog featuring more than 3,500 assays, Mayo Clinic Laboratories has experienced significant...

Sleep Disorder Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Determining orexin-A/ hypocretin-1 levels through CSF testing provides a sensitive and specific result to guide appropriate treatment for patients.

Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2 ) score - Insights

Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2 ) score.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Discusses Safe Tick Removal - Insights

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, discussed how to safety remove ticks from skin with AccuWeather.com.

Week in Review: May 13 - Insights

Today's highlights include: Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges, Rochester hospitals score top grades in safety, and Mayo Clinic breaks ground on $155M Minnesota hospital expansion.

COVID-19 weekly news: April 4-10 2022 - Insights

Topic's Include: Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community infection, and the latest advice about COVID-19 boosters.

Autoimmune Dementia Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Our phenotype specific testing for autoimmune dementia contains only clinically relevant antibodies providing accurate answers for treatment guidance.

Week in Review: May 20 - Insights

Today's highlights include: US at risk of COVID-19 drug shortages this summer, Rochester startup Vyriad developing cancer-fighting viruses, and CDC expresses concern about possibility of undetected monkeypox spread in U.K.

Monogenic IBD - Insights

A worldwide increase of the incidence of early-onset pediatric inflammatory bowel disease means more children than ever are diagnosed and treated for life-altering IBD diagnoses. However, not all children suspected of early-onset IBD have...

Myositis - Insights

Explore how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ focused myositis specific antibody (MSA) panel equips healthcare professionals with individualized insights to reduce diagnostic uncertainty and assist with the selection of tailored treatments for...

General screening - Insights

Check out Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ expert-developed screening and panel testing for lysosomal disorders (LDs).

Glomerulonephritis - Insights

Find out why testing for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic and anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies is recommended for differential diagnosis.

Emergency toxicology - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ emergency toxicology testing can help providers manage overdose by clarifying whether symptoms are due to the presence of drugs.

Next-generation sequencing - Insights

Learn more about the advantages offered by Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ next-generation sequencing panel for plasma cell neoplasms.

Myelodysplastic syndrome - Insights

Browse our wide variety of testing options for the prognosis and risk stratification associated with myelodysplastic syndrome.

Head and neck pathology at Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Head and neck pathology consultations often relate to the classification of salivary, sinonasal, and oropharynx tumors.Check out Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ head and neck pathology section, which is integrated with the clinical practice at...

Safety in Phlebotomy - Insights

Get a general introduction to safety precautions, which will help ensure the well-being of you and your patients.

Advanced Phlebotomy Collections - Insights

Find out about advanced blood collection techniques and the specialized procedures that are used when standard blood collection methods may not be feasible or when specific tests require more specialized handling of blood samples.

Specimen Integrity and Processing - Insights

Learn about the variables influencing successful blood draws and their potential impact on laboratory outcomes, Quality Assurance principles, the regulatory agencies ensuring patient and healthcare worker safety, and the organizational...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: April 4 - Insights

This Feature Includes: Utility of Follow-up COVID-19 Antigen Tests After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Personnel.

New tests launched in September - Insights

In September 2021, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced seven new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

High-Sensitivity Troponin T [Test in Focus] - Insights

High-sensitivity troponin T is a new assay recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This assay is most often used to evaluate patients with possible acute ischemic heart disease, but it also has a variety of uses in the...

Memorial Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights

Due to the Memorial Day holiday (recognized on Monday, May 30), 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...

Memorial Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights

Due to the Memorial Day holiday (recognized on Monday, May 31), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead and...

Labor Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights

Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 5th), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead.

Independence Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights

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

Independence Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights

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

Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific collaborate to benefit patients - Insights

Mayo Clinic and Thermo Fisher have joined forces to bring innovative solutions to patients.

Autoimmune evolution - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is leading an evolution in autoimmune neurology diagnosis. To better reflect this testing evolution, and to reduce confusion and improve utilization for our clients, effective April 28, we are renaming our...

Kelch-like protein 11 autoantibodies: A novel biomarker of testicular cancer associated neurological autoimmunity - Insights

The discovery of Kelch like protein 11 (KLHL11) IgG as a specific biomarker of neurological autoimmunity associated testicular germ cell tumor.

Should You Worry if You Accidentally Swallow an Insect? - Insights

During summer activities, it's bound to happen. But how dangerous is it to accidentally swallow a bug? Bobbi Pritt, M.D., a microbiologist, pathologist, and Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...

Blood Diversion/Culture Contamination - Insights

PACE/State of FL - Blood diversion as a mechanism to lower blood culture contamination rates.

STAT testing - Insights

STAT testing is available on a limited basis for patients with a suspected or known inborn error of metabolism when there is an increased risk of illness or death due to metabolic decompensation or when testing will allow for emergent...

epilepsy_unexplained_refractory_and_or_familial_testing_algorithm.pdf

Unexplained refractory and/or suspect familial epilepsy: All patients should have completed ■ Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ■ Electroencephalogram Consider: metabolic or autoimmune testing based on clinical presentation (see...

Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel, PCR, Feces [Test in Focus] - Insights

The new Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel, PCR, Feces test is now available to the Mayo Clinic practice and Mayo Medical Laboratories clients.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 26 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the development of a microscopic colitis disease activity index.

Meet Mukesh Pandey, Ph.D. - Developing a New Drug to Detect Prostate Cancer in Its Earliest Stages - Insights

Dr. Pandey is a nuclear radiology researcher working with a team to develop a new radioactive tracer to detect prostate cancer.

Demystifying the Tick with Bobbi Pritt, M.D. - Insights

The "Mpls-St Paul" magazine article highlights Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, and her research on...

Tick Dragging with Bobbi Pritt, M.D. - Insights

On a recent tick drag with Minnesota Department of Health researchers, Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Dec. 25 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights global pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure and preserved or reduced ejection fraction.

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.

Capabilities - Insights

Find out how our BioPharma Diagnostics capabilities can support your precision medicine initiatives, from discovery to post market.