Sharon Zehe, J.D., Discusses the Risks of Open-Source Genetic Databases - Insights
Sharon Zehe, J.D., an attorney for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and a genetic privacy expert, discusses the risks utilizing open-source genetic databases.
New Eligibility Guidelines for Blood Donors with Previous Cancer Diagnoses - Insights
To coincide with American Red Cross recommendations, the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program has redefined eligibility guidelines for donors who have had a history of previous cancer diagnoses.
First responders choose their careers for many reasons, including working with the public, creating safe communities for everyone to enjoy, and saving lives. Join and help promote the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program in its “Battle of the...
Mayo Clinic Ranked No. 1 Hospital Nationwide by U.S. News & World Report - Insights
Mayo Clinic in Rochester again has been ranked the nation's best hospital in U.S. News & World Report's 2019–2020 "Best Hospitals" rankings.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Dec. 3 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights predicting renal function outcomes after partial and radical nephrectomy.
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...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: August 30 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Kidney biopsy chronicity grading in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 25 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Automated scoring of total inflammation in renal allograft biopsies
Mayo Clinic Researchers Team Up with Johns Hopkins to Phase out Heart Attack Test - Insights
Researchers from Mayo Clinic and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine published an article in "JAMA Internal Medicine" outlining the elimination from clinical practice of a popular test for diagnosing heart attacks.
Mayo Clinic is pleased to announce the launch of "Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality, & Outcomes." An open-access, online medical research journal, "Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality, & Outcomes" is dedicated to...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: June 26 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights expanded phenotypes and outcomes among 256 LGI1/CASPR2-IgG positive patients.
"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 Laboratory and pathology research roundup: July 19 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Structural Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation-Flutter and Myocardial Injury.
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.
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.
Rondell Graham, M.B.B.S., Outlines Occult Cancer Workup in CAP Today - Insights
Rondell Graham, M.B.B.S., an anatomic and molecular consultant at Mayo Clinic, co-led a molecular oncology tumor board session at CAP19, and subsequently spoke with CAP Today.
Elitza Theel, Ph.D., Explains New Lyme Disease Testing - Insights
Elitza Theel, Ph.D., Director of the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory, Co-Director of the Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory, and Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, was recently interviewed by CAP Today about new...
Jane Hermansen, MT(ASCP), Discusses Potential Impact of Price Transparency Regulations - Insights
Jane Hermansen, MT(ASCP), was recently featured in 360Dx discussing new federal regulations aimed at hospital price transparency.
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., Compares COVID-19 to SARS and MERS - Insights
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Virology at Mayo Clinic, was recently featured in an interview with Fox News on the COVID-19 infection.
Donating Blood Is One Way to “Give Back” to Patients in Need - Insights
For Jennifer Quam, an Associate Project Manager in Mayo Validation Support Services, donating blood is the same as going to work every day—it’s just something she does. Quam has been a blood donor at Mayo Clinic in Rochester for as long as...
1964: Orange and Blue Calendar becomes Official #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
From surgical procedures to committee meetings, activities at Mayo Clinic are scheduled around “orange days” and “blue days.” How and why did those colors come to be?
Nikola Baumann, Ph.D., Director of the Central Clinical Laboratory and Central Processing Laboratory, and Brooke Katzman, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Hospital Clinical Laboratory and Point of Care, at Mayo Clinic, recently discussed biotin...
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., and Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., offered insight on testing accuracy, as well as circumstances that could affect a test's reliability.
Allan Jaffe, M.D., Discusses Effect of Highly Sensitive Cardiac Troponin in Healio - Insights
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin levels are strongly associated with the risk for incident heart failure. Allan Jaffe, M.D., Consultant and Chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services, with a joint appointment in...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: June 4 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights isolated hepatic non-obstructive sinusoidal dilatation, a 20-year single center experience.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research: May 3 - Insights
Featured abstract: An overview of the clinical presentation, pathology, and the current therapeutic approach of the main representative disorders in the spectrum of glomerulonephritis.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: April 26 - Insights
Top highlights include: Arrhythmia variant associations and reclassifications in the eMERGE-III sequencing study.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 17 - Insights
Top highlights include: Rapid exclusion of acute myocardial injury and infarction with a high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in the emergency department.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 10 - Insights
Top highlights include: Genome-wide association study reveals novel genetic loci: a new polygenic risk score for mitral valve prolapse.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 19 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the analysis of cell-free DNA to assess risk of tumoremia following endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic adenocarcinomas.
Audrey Schuetz, M.D., Comments on First-Ever Case of Human Eye Worms - Insights
A recent article in HealthDay News reported on a case of an avid 26-year-old outdoorswoman from Oregon who became the first human ever infected by a type of eye worm previously seen only in cattle. Audrey Schuetz, M.D., Senior Associate...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 23 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: The temporal onset of the core features in dementia with Lewy bodies.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 2 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Phase II randomized trial of transoral surgery and low-dose intensity Modulated radiation therapy in resectable p16+ locally advanced oropharynx cancer: An ECOG-ACRIN cancer research group trial...
Patients with Blood Cancer Precursor at Risk of Developing Cancer Even after 30 Years - Insights
Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are at risk of progressing to multiple myeloma or a related cancer─even after 30 years of stability, according to findings of a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in...
Research Test Identifies BRCA2 Gene Mutations That Lead to Breast, Ovarian Cancers - Insights
A new test developed by researchers at Mayo Clinic shows which mutations in the BRCA2 gene make women susceptible to developing breast or ovarian cancers. The research behind the test was published today in the American Journal of Human...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Feb. 5 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights cryptogenic cirrhosis and sitosterolemia, a treatable disease if identified but fatal if missed.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 24 - Insights
Top highlights include: Monoclonal and oligoclonal anti-Platelet Factor 4 antibodies mediate VITT.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: June 14 - Insights
Featured Abstract: Associations of amyloid and neurodegeneration plasma biomarkers with comorbidities.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 31 - Insights
Featured abstract: Substance use screening in transplant populations.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 26 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Proceedings from the ice hockey summit III: Action on concussion.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories and American Hospital Dubai announce strategic partnership - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories and American Hospital Dubai announce a strategic partnership aimed at improving advanced laboratory diagnostics in the Dubai region. Under the agreement, the two organizations will begin delivering laboratory...
Paula Santrach, M.D., Receives 2017 ACMQ Founders Award - Insights
Paula Santrach, M.D., Consultant in the Division of Transfusion Medicine and Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, was named the recipient of the 2017 American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) Founders...
One Donation—Lifetime of Change for Those in Need - Insights
Shelley Kleinwort, a Business Intelligence Manager for Mayo Medical Laboratories, has been donating blood for the last 25 years. Growing up in Byron, Minnesota, and being part of the Mayo Clinic community, she has always known the need for...
Experts from Mayo Clinic featured in CAP Today - Insights
The in-depth article examines how the onset of flu season has the potential to further complicate testing challenges posed by COVID-19.
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.
A Look Back at MLS Program - Insights
Alex Harker, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) class of 2017, takes a look back at the MLS program and highlights his experience.
Reflecting on the MLS Program - Insights
Montana Smith, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science program, reflects on her experience in the program.
On-Demand Education: Pros Clearly Outweigh Cons - Insights
On-demand continuing medical education is growing in popularity among medical professionals as they need a required number of hours to maintain their professional licensures. Janet Bergquist, Education Specialist at Mayo Medical...
MLS Clinical Rotations Spotlight: Phlebotomy - Insights
Ali Addesso, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science program, highlights her experience in Mayo Clinic’s Phlebotomy Laboratory during MLS clinical rotations.
Creative Team-Building Ideas - Insights
When people look at their agendas for a meeting or conference and see “team building” listed as one of the events, many let out a sigh or roll their eyes. Nicole Folken, Education Specialist at Mayo Medical Laboratories, highlights how team...