A recent Mayo Clinic study has found that many U.S. health care providers are habitually ordering a mostly unnecessary, and quite expensive, genetic test to identify a patient’s hereditary risk of venous thromboembolism.
Genetics - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Our genetic testing was developed by experienced geneticists, genetic counselors, laboratory scientists, and bioinformaticians. We focus on providing easy to understand answers, interpreted by those same individuals who have an intimate...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ novel lupus testing, offered in partnership with Progentec Diagnostics, can help characterize disease activity and predict disease flares.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ novel lupus testing, offered in partnership with Progentec Diagnostics, can help characterize disease activity and predict disease flares.
Osmotic fragility testing - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” James Hoyer, M.D., discusses the importance of using a control tube during osmotic fragility testing.
Testing Options for Patients with Chronic Diarrhea: A Focus on Bile Acid Malabsorption - Insights
This "Specialty Testing" webinar describes a new serum test for bile acid malabsorption. Descriptions illustrate how the test can be used as a screening test and as a tool for therapeutic action.
After a long wait, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finally approved the Elecsys Troponin T Gen 5 STAT blood test. Recently, the Beckman hscTnI assay was also approved. These high-sensitivity troponin assays will benefit emergency...
Our staff, our stories: Andrew "Roo" Yori - Insights
Andrew “Roo” Yori’s persistence and athletic gifts allowed him to achieve his dream of becoming an American Ninja Warrior in 2016.
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., on the Lone Star Tick: Mayo Clinic Radio "Health Minute" - Insights
In this Mayo Clinic Radio "Health Minute," Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services at Mayo Clinic, explains how the lone star tick's bite can cause an allergic...
Eight Ways to Enhance Your Teaching and Learning - Insights
Jeremy Zacher, Education Specialist in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, highlights eight ways to enhance your teaching and learning.