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September 2020 — Clinical Microbiology, Hematology, Hematopathology, & Infectious Disease - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides a Anatomic and Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Clinical Microbiology, Hematology, Hematopathology, and...

March 2023 - Breast Pathology Case 1 - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Breast Pathology.

Pathways Case Studies: September 2019 - Insights

Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share five case studies in this month’s “PathWays” post and are challenging you to test your laboratory genetics & genomics, bone & soft tissue, renal, infectious disease, and gastroenterology pathology...

Previous Programs - Insights

Short recordings surrounding disease diagnosis through new methods in testing and treatment.

A Test in Focus Archives - Page 10 of 10 - Insights

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Chromosomal microarray better informs brain tumor diagnosis - Insights

Molecular biomarkers are a critical component in the treatment of adult and pediatric brain tumors. Robert Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' chromosomal microarray provides more comprehensive and accurate tumor...

Kelch-11 Autoantibody Test [Test in Focus] - Insights

Divyanshu (Div) Dubey, M.B.B.S., explains how Mayo Clinic Labs’ new Kelch-11 antibody test — the first in the world — can confirm diagnosis, guide treatment, and improve outcomes in patients affected by testicular cancer-associated...

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...

Staphylococcus species assay [Test in Focus] - Insights

Audrey Schuetz, M.D., discusses Mayo Clinic Laboratories' PCR assay that identifies two recently described staphylococcus species. The assay is unique in its ability to distinguish the new organisms from Staphylococcus aureus, providing...

Stories - Insights

Beyond the test result Mayo Clinic Laboratories combines the expertise of world-renowned laboratorians and physicians to provide answers for patients’

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Is the term "outreach" obsolete? - Insights

In a competitive outpatient testing market, choosing a laboratory is discretionary. With the goal of becoming the laboratory of choice for discretionary outpatient testing, it no longer matters if it is called “inreach” or “outreach.” While...

Novel malabsorption panel speeds diagnosis - Insights

Puanani Hopson, D.O., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ malabsorption panel can provide timelier diagnosis for children with chronic diarrhea or unexplained weight loss. The novel panel, which bundles four existing tests, requires just...

Autoimmune Axonal Evaluation - Insights

Div Dubey, M.B.B.S., explains Mayo Clinic Laboratories' phenotypic testing approach for autoimmune axonal neuropathy. The comprehensive, serologic panel detects for antibodies with clinical relevance to the disease to provide clarity on...

Test assesses all inherited Parkinson's disease genes: Zhiyv (Neal) Niu, Ph.D., and Rodolfo Savica, M.D., Ph.D. - Insights

Zhiyv (Neal) Niu, Ph.D., and Rodolfo Savica, M.D., Ph.D., explain why Mayo Clinic Laboratories' gene panel is the most comprehensive test available for inherited Parkinson's disease. The new panel covers all mutations known to cause the...

PCD test provides definitive diagnosis of a rare disease - Insights

Joseph Maleszewski, M.D., and Marie-Christine Aubry, M.D., explain how Mayo Clinic Laboratory can provide definitive diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). Mayo Clinic's expertise and technology have earned the laboratory's...

Test identifies Lynch syndrome for targeted cancer monitoring: Wei Shen, Ph.D., and Rhianna Urban, M.S., CGC - Insights

Wei Shen, Ph.D., and Rhianna Urban, M.S., CGC, explain how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' gene panel establishes a diagnosis of Lynch syndrome, which heightens the risk for several cancers. Test results can guide targeted cancer surveillance for...

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Slide Scanning for Detection of Intestinal Protozoa in Trichrome-Stained Stool Specimens - Insights

In this month's "Hot Topic," Bobbi Pritt, M.D., describes the challenges to traditional microscopy for the detection of protozoa in stool specimens, lists potential uses of artificial intelligence in parasite detection, and discusses...

Dangerous Goods Training - Insights

Self-paced online training and certification for safe collection, handling, packaging, and shipment of specimens.

Custom gene ordering - Insights

With Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ custom gene ordering tool, clients can create specific gene panels to meet their patient’s individual needs.

Every test tube connects to a patient: Quality control of specimens in the pre-analytic phase - Insights

Each day, some 40 to 45 thousand specimens are shipped to Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester, Minnesota, from hospitals and other health care organizations around the world. And for every sample, there’s a patient to whom it belongs,...

December 2023 - Gynecological Pathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Gynecological Pathology.

June 2023 - Gastroenterology Pathology - 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.

CPT codes and LOINC update: August 2021 - Insights

The following list includes updates posted to mayocliniclabs.com during the month of August.

January 2023 - Bone and Soft Tissue - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology.

April 2022 - Breast Pathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Breast Pathology.

June 2023 - Neuropathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Neuropathology.

May 2023 - Oral Pathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Oral Pathology.

Applying the Staffing-to-Workload Methodology: Same-Day Testing Staffing Model - Insights

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses how to apply the staffing-to-workload methodology to accommodate same-day testing requirements.

Ceramide testing helps reduce risk of heart attack: Stephanie Blendermann - Insights

Her father was a heavy smoker who eventually needed bypass surgery for his clogged arteries, and three of her sisters died prematurely from heart attacks. So, as Stephanie Blendermann approached the age of 65, she had good reason to think...

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin: Promoting laboratory stewardship through clinical decision support - Insights

An order-entry, clinical decision support tool developed by physicians and scientists at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) for clinicians within the healthcare system who order autoimmune and paraneoplastic antibody...

Understanding Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis, Including C3 Glomerulopathy: Part 2 - Insights

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is a pattern of glomerular injury. Based on the etiology of MPGN, Drs. Sethi and Fervenza proposed a new histologic classification of MPGN into Ig/IC-mediated MPGN and complement-mediated...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Nov. 12 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights a mechanism for preventing asymmetric histone segregation onto replicating DNA strands.

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

This week's research roundup feature: Implant-associated infections (IAIs) pose serious threats to patients and can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. These infections may be difficult to diagnose due, in part, to...

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...

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Culturally Sensitive and Medically Appropriate Care for Transgender Patients Sketchnote - Insights

In this sketchnote, Caroline Davidge-Pitts, M.B., B.Ch., and Todd Nippoldt, M.D., share inclusive terminology and lessons learned from Mayo Clinic’s Transgender Intersex Specialty Care Clinic.

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: July 9 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the association between inherited germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes and risk of pancreatic cancer.

CPT codes and LOINC update: August 2024 - Insights

This page lists updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of August.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 14 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Despite advances in understanding the genetic abnormalities in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) and the development of JAK2 inhibitors, there is an urgent need to devise new treatment strategies,...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 5 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Variants of uncertain significance (VUSs) in BRCA2 are a common result of hereditary cancer genetic testing. While more than 4,000 unique VUSs, comprised of missense or intronic variants, have been...

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.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 21 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the development and validation of a prostate cancer genomic signature that predicts early androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment response following radical prostatectomy.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 24 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the best tumor size cut-points for renal cell carcinoma staging.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 3 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights advancing diagnostics to address antibacterial resistance.