A clearer path through a difficult diagnosis - Insights
The fourth episode of “Life of a Specimen” video series explores the diagnosis enabled by antibody testing on Joy Carol’s cerebrospinal cord fluid and how her test result illuminated a path forward.
Antifungal Drug Susceptibility Testing of Yeast: A Primer for Beginners - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Nancy Wengenack, Ph.D., discusses susceptibility testing of yeast for those who are considering performing it in their laboratory, perhaps for the first time, or for those who choose to send their yeast isolates...
Mom Knows Best When It Comes to Inspiring Blood Donation - Insights
For Doug Bodde, a Laboratory Service and Partner Development Manager in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester, blood donation has been a part of his life since he was young.
When It Comes to Donating Blood, the Needs of the Patient Come First for Shannon Stangler - Insights
Shannon Stangler, a Field Sales and Service Operations Manager for Mayo Medical Laboratories, has been donating blood for 19 years—ever since she stepped foot out of Mayo Clinic’s new employee orientation.
Diagnostic Guidelines for Celiac Disease - Insights
In this "Hot Topic," Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., provides a brief review of published guidelines for the diagnosis of celiac disease, with a specific focus on the role of laboratory testing.
QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D. will discuss a new interferon-gamma release assay that can assist in the detection of individuals that are infected with tuberculosis.
IGHV and TP53 Sequencing: Clinical Utility in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Curtis Hanson, M.D., will discuss the use of laboratory-based prognostic markers in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). He will also highlight the importance of molecular analyses for IGHV and TP53...
NGS for Myeloid Neoplasm Evaluation - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," David Viswanatha, M.D., discusses updates to Mayo Clinic's next-generation sequencing (NGS) for myeloid neoplasm evaluation, involving new test targets, the rationale for new genetic regions, alignments with the...
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Shining light on one family's struggle: Barbara, Deborah, Pamela, and Rylie - Insights
Before testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Barbara Domaille, Deborah Neville, Pamela Neville, and Rylie Ronnenberg thought there could be a genetic connection to the hip problems they shared. After the testing, they knew for sure.
Testing for Streptococcus pneumoniae Antibodies - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., identifies the clinical application of testing for Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide antibodies and describes the tests available for measuring these antibodies.
Beyond the Test Result: Greg Widseth - Insights
Greg Widseth was suddenly hit by a rare disease that prompted his immune system to attack his brain cells, resulting in as many as 60 seizures a day. Special blood and spinal fluid tests developed by Mayo Medical Laboratories confirmed that...
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...
Forging ahead after years of hardship: Anya Magnuson - Insights
At just 24-years-old Anya Magnuson has survived not just one but two close encounters with death. Focused, determined, and intent on experiencing life to its fullest, Anya never gave up. Nor did the multidisciplinary Mayo Clinic care team...
Progressive alliance advances science through patient-powered research - Insights
Tying together the expertise and curiosity of Mayo Clinic autoimmune neurology researchers with eager patients who have rare disease and are looking for answers, the innovative collaboration benefits both patients affected by MOGAD and...
A heart full of gratitude: Meckenzie Tinaglia - Insights
Two years ago, when 29-year-old Meckenzie Tinaglia experienced a series of seizure-like events shortly after a cardiac ablation procedure, she knew her heart was to blame. Her local providers, however, weren’t convinced. If not for Mayo...
Advancing Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis - Insights
The standard laboratory test to diagnose multiple myeloma dates back to the Eisenhower administration. Research at Mayo Clinic spearheaded by David Murray, M.D., Ph.D. (PATH ’10), and fueled by his experience as an industrial chemist has...
Top 5 Tech Tools Used to Create and Facilitate Education - Insights
In today’s world, technology is at the forefront of learning, and as such, educators must decipher what the best tech tools are to deliver the content to their learners. With so many software and technology options out there, where do you...
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Neuroimmunology: Updates and antibody test utilization - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Andrew McKeon, M.B., B.Ch., M.D., reviews the use of neurological phenotype-based evaluations, the move away from the paraneoplastic evaluation, and upcoming changes to test profiles.
Collaboration that changes lives: Elyn Simmons - Insights
Working together, Mayo Clinic laboratory medicine specialists and clinicians helped Elyn Simmons get her life back — and welcome two new lives to the world.
An uncommon antibody, a life restored: Jori Pearson - Insights
Sophisticated laboratory testing solved a medical riddle and finally got Jori Pearson back on his feet, doing what he loves.
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Diagnostic Testing Algorithms for Celiac Disease - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., will review the diagnostic testing algorithms for celiac disease and highlight the advantages and limitations of certain tests, including serology and genetic assays.
Update on 2021 WHO classification of lung tumors - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Anja Roden, M.D., discusses new entities and changes of terminology in the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung tumors as well as the nomenclature in small biopsies.
Cytogenetic Testing for Pediatric Patients With Hematologic Malignancies - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Patricia Greipp, D.O., discusses fluorescence in situ hybridization, or FISH testing, particularly related to pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies.
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...
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Lessons from Leaders: Who Let the DOGs Out? - Insights
Andy Cousin, FACHE, Director of Product Management and Marketing, interviews Amy Clayton, M.D., Division Chair of Anatomic Pathology at Mayo Clinic, about "disease-oriented groups," which are multidisciplinary teams formed to establish a...
Lisa Brown, quality specialist for Mayo Clinic Laboratories customer service, explains working "behind the scenes" when a client calls Mayo Clinic Laboratories with an inquiry, that call is typically picked up within 20 seconds by an agent...
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Accurate Kidney Stone Analysis - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., highlights Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ AI-augmented kidney stone test and discusses the proper procedures for collecting and processing kidney stones to provide accurate, cost-effective analysis of...
Twitter as a Microblog Platform - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., highlights how professional networks can be nurtured continuously throughout the year with the help of Twitter.
Syndromic Testing for Infectious Diseases: Respiratory Infections - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., discusses the use of multiplex panels for the diagnosis of respiratory infections and focuses on the clinical utility of these tests in the setting of upper respiratory tract...
Mayo Now Has Two Ninjas in the House - Insights
Candace Granberg, M.D., has a lot of titles, including surgeon, wife, mom, and volunteer. Now, she can add another: ninja warrior. The pediatric urologist is the second Mayo staff member chosen to participate on NBC's TV show "American...
FISH probe & panel project: An overview - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Jess Peterson, M.D., discusses changes to Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ hematology FISH menu to increase awareness, provide reasoning, and highlight some of the great things that are coming.
PD-L1 Testing by Immunohistochemistry - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Anja Roden, M.D., discusses the role of PD-L1 interaction in the immune system, challenges of PD-L1 testing, and current PD-L1 companion testing in various tumor types.
The Ignorance of Laboratory Medicine - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., reflects on the "ignorance" of laboratory medicine among clinical colleagues.
Newborn Screening at Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Newborn screening is intended to detect serious health conditions in babies for which early intervention can greatly improve healthy development and positive outcomes.
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Eoin Flanagan, M.B., B.Ch., reviews the recent diagnostic criteria for Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Disease (MOGAD).
Raising the Bar on Newborn Screening Test Performance - Insights
Newborn screening panels that test for a variety of conditions are available in every state; however, test performance and response rate by each state are very different. Mayo Clinic's Biochemical Genetics Laboratory created the...
Cardiovascular Biomarkers of Atherosclerotic Risk - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Vlad Vasile, M.D., Ph.D., reviews ceramides and their atherosclerotic risk through defining ceramides, talking about when they should be tested for and touch on the topic of ceramides in primary prevention.
Lung Transplant Recipient's First Breath Goes Viral #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
Jennifer Jones lay in a hospital bed about to take her first breath with new lungs. Cystic fibrosis had stolen Jennifer's breath, and so much more, over the years. A lung transplant gave her a chance to get some of it back.
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Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Rehab Elkadri - Insights
Rehab Elkadri joined Mayo Clinic Laboratories in December 2021, relocating from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates. As an international clinical specialty liaison in the Neurology division for the Middle East and North Africa...
MCL @Work: Adam Stewart - Insights
In spring of 2022, Adam Stewart joined Mayo Clinic’s Blood Donor Program as a marketing and recruitment coordinator. He enjoys and finds great purpose in his work because he loves to see members of his local community donate blood and help...
Long and Winding Road Leads to Mayo-and a "Miracle" - Insights
In April 2018, Frank Lonabaugh was driving when his hand slid down the steering wheel. Odd, he thought. Unusual. And looking back, the first sign of a problem that would lead Frank and his wife, Christine, from their home in Fort Myers,...