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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.

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...

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...

PDL1 Testing for Lung Cancer [A Test in Focus] - Insights

Audio Interview Testing When to Order Specimen Performance Immunotherapies have recently emerged as a therapeutic option for patients with non-small-cell

April 2023 - Ophthalmic 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 Ophthalmic Pathology.

Calprotectin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Insights

The differential diagnosis for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). While the clinical presentation is similar, IBD is an inflammatory disease, while IBS is a noninflammatory disease. View this "Hot...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Aug. 14 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights how human gut-derived commensal bacteria suppresses central nervous system inflammatory and demyelinating disease.

From Dancing on Cans to Well-Oiled Machine: The Surprising Origins of Mayo's Recycling Program #ThrowbackThursday - Insights

Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, is one day when most folks pay particularly close attention to protecting the environment. This year, we're finding inspiration in the Sisters of Saint Francis who helped raise money for the Poverello Fund by...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Oct. 22 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights neoantigenic potential of complex chromosomal rearrangements in mesothelioma.

Week in Review: October 4 - Insights

Top highlights include: Flu vaccine information, possible effects that red meat has on the human body, and what vaping does to the lungs.

Using CSI-Type Technology to Unravel the Source of Bacteria - Insights

Mayo Clinic laboratory workers have a new tool to perform high tech genetic sleuthing for the source of stubborn, sometimes life-threatening bacteria.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: July 16 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights how senolytics improve physical function and increase lifespan in old age.

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...

Lab discoveries fuel updates for autoimmune movement disorders test - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories expanded movement disorders panel better identifies autoimmune conditions. Four recently identified biomarkers — septin-5, septin-7, neurochondrin, and adaptor protein-3B2 — have been added to the panel, and all...

A decade-long search for answers ends at Mayo Clinic: Tyler Hart - Insights

After years of misdiagnosis, Tyler Hart found answers at Mayo Clinic, discovering he had NF155-IgG4 autoimmune nodopathy instead of CIDP

Transformative diagnostics - Insights

With a sophisticated laboratory test catalog and thousands of Mayo Clinic experts, we’re here to help you answer the toughest clinical questions.

Revolutionizing Endometrial Cancer Diagnostics - Insights

Endometrial cancer affects thousands annually and ranks as the fourth most common cancer among women in the United States. At the forefront of innovative discoveries in endometrial cancer diagnostics are Mayo Clinic's Department of...

Preparation of Platelet-Poor Plasma for Special Coagulation Testing - Insights

In this months "Hot Topic," Christopher Desens, MLS(ASCP) discusses the preparation of platelet-poor plasma for coagulation testing.

Hospitals and health systems - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories can help hospital laboratories leverage the power of their labs through advanced, high-quality testing, customized consultative services, and tailored business solutions.

Pathways Case Studies: October 2023 - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for October include the following sub-specialties Breast Pathology, Gynecological...

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., on Asian Longhorned Tick in U.S - Insights

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Asian longhorned tick has spread across nine states since it first appeared in the U.S. Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory and...

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...

Innovative Alzheimer's disease diagnostic tool unveiled - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories has marked a significant advancement in the fight against Alzheimer's disease with the introduction of an innovative diagnostic test. This noninvasive blood test accurately detects the p-Tau217 biomarker, indicative...

Autoimmune Encephalitis Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis - Insights

PACEIn this month’s “Virtual Lecture” Eoin Flanagan, M.D., B.Ch., reviews how to diagnose autoimmune encephalitis, what to watch that may suggest a different diagnosis, discuss neural autoantibodies interpretation and putting test results...

Helicobacter pylori - Insights

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

Comprehensive panels - Insights

Check out Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ comprehensive pharmacogenomic panels, which identify genetic variations associated with treatment response.

Malabsorption panel - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, which is integrated with the clinical gastroenterology practice at Mayo Clinic, understands the worry patients and their loved ones feel while awaiting test results. To expedite and streamline the diagnostic...

Comprehensive neuromuscular panel - Insights

Find out how the emergence of advanced molecular testing technologies has enhanced the detection of inherited neuromuscular disorders.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Lipoprotein Profile [Test in Focus] - Insights

Jeffrey (Jeff) Meeusen, Ph.D., gives an overview of the new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) lipoprotein profile available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories. He discusses when this testing should be ordered, how this testing improves upon...

Mayo Clinic Laboratories releases new, first-to-U.S.-market pregnancy risk assessment - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories now offers the first preeclampsia-specific test (Mayo ID: PERA) that can be used to stratify patients into low or high-risk categories, indicating whether a patient is at risk for developing preeclampsia with severe...

Holiday Specimen Shipment - Insights

Due to the Independence Day holiday (recognized on Saturday, July 4), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered.

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...

Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy [Test in Focus] - Insights

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a serious but rare muscle disease strongly associated with autoantibodies to either the protein signal recognition particle (SRP) or the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase...

Sarcoma NGS Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

n order to aid in the diagnosis for a wide range of tumors, our sarcoma NGS panel includes fusions in 138 individual genes.

Tips & Tricks for Difficult Sticks - Insights

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

CPT Codes and LOINC Update: May 2019 - Insights

View a full list of new CPT codes, Test Classification Updates, LOINC Codes, and Z-Codes posted to mayocliniclabs.com during the month of May 2019.

Seeking, and finding, answers, comfort, and hope: Joe Mondloch - Insights

Joe Mondloch and his wife Sue have existed in a grey area of uncertainty due to the unpredictable autoimmune neurological illness Joe has lived with for the last seven years. Rare, incurable, and debilitating, the newly classified disorder...

Krabbe disease added to federal newborn screening panel - Insights

Thanks to advocacy work by a group of medical experts, including some from Mayo Clinic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now recommends all states screen for infantile Krabbe disease to help save newborn lives.

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.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Discusses Hookworms with The Washington Post - Insights

The Washington Post recently reported on hookworms burrowing into a teenager's skin during a trip to Florida. Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services at Mayo Clinic,...

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Featured on Mayo Clinic Radio to Discuss Lyme Disease Predictions for 2017 - Insights

On the April 22 broadcast of Mayo Clinic Radio, co-hosts Tracy McCray and Tom Shives, M.D., spoke with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory, about an update on Lyme disease predictions for 2017.

Urinary stone services - Insights

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

Advancing our Understanding of Immunoglobulins to Better Understand Disease - Insights

PACE / State of FLIn this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., discusses how immunoglobin light chains are used to detect overexpressed immunoglobins which can be applied to distinguish patients with plasma cell disorders...

Precision mental and behavioral health therapeutics - Insights

Our Precision Mental and Behavioral Health Therapeutics initiative leverages cutting-edge diagnostic solutions to optimize medication management for psychiatric and neurologic patients.

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...

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.

Orexin-A/Hypocretin-1 for the Diagnosis of Type 1 Narcolepsy [Test in Focus] - Insights

The standard test for the diagnosis of narcolepsy is the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT). The MSLT is a complex test to perform as well as to interpret. The orexin-A/hypocretin-1 test is a sensitive and specific alternative to the MSLT...

Blood Diversion/Culture Contamination - Insights

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

MCL Neurogenetics Delivering Precision Results Through ExpertBacked Advanced Evaluations MC2775732

MCL Neurogenetics Delivering Precision Results ExpertBacked Advanced Evaluations NEUROGENETICS DELIVERING PRECISION RESULTS EXPERT BACKED ADVANCED EVALUATIONS neurogenetic testing unparalleled scope includes molecular

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