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Week in Review: July 16 - Insights

Top highlights include: a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine sparking debate over booster shots, rare reactions with the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, and can vaccinated people get long Covid.

Research Roundup Archives - Page 3 of 29 - Insights

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Cytology: A compelling molecular testing approach - Insights

Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories is advancing the use of cytology specimens for solid tumor next-generation sequencing.

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Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 20 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights how AKT-phosphorylated FOXO1 suppresses ERK activation and chemoresistance by disrupting IQGAP1-MAPK interaction.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 1 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the association of postoperative high-sensitivity troponin levels with myocardial injury and 30-day mortality among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

IgA-mediated autoimmune bullous dermatoses - Insights

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Julia Lehman, M.D., will discuss autoimmune bullous dermatoses, the rare category of blistering skin diseases that are caused by the development of autoantibodies against various constitutive parts of the...

Email Management and Tips - Insights

Opening your email inbox is like being dealt a hand of cards. You don’t know what you’ll get, you may be caught off guard, and you need to determine how to play out the hand you’ve been dealt. Thomas Huntley, MT(ASCP), Education...

Liquid Biopsies: Detecting and Treating Cancer Sooner - Insights

Researchers and physicians at Mayo Clinic are collaborating and developing blood tests that detect tumor related material in the blood and may someday be used in place of a biopsy or imaging test to detect and monitor cancer growth.

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Test in Focus - Insights

Our experts discuss the latest from Mayo Clinic Laboratories, so you can stay up to date on the most advanced diagnostics and newly developed tests. Note: Podcasts will not play back on Internet Explorer. Please use an alternative web...

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Answers From the Lab - Insights

A Mayo Clinic podcast sharing knowledge and advances in testing, laboratory science, and the people who make it all happen behind the scenes. Note: Podcasts will not play back on Internet Explorer. Please use an alternative web browser, or...

Heartbeats of gratitude: Scott Olson - Insights

In a quiet suburb outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, an ordinary Saturday took a sudden and alarming turn for Scott Olson when he began experiencing symptoms of ventricular tachycardia. Central to the care and treatment he'd receive at Mayo...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 19 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: The revised 4th edition of the World Health Organization (WHO4R) classification lists myelodysplastic syndromes with ring sideroblasts (MDS-RS) as a separate entity with single lineage (MDS-RS-SLD) or...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: November 7, 2023 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised hosts, including transplant recipients. Antiviral prophylaxis or treatment is used to reduce the incidence...

CPT Codes and LOINC Update: March 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 March 2019.

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.

Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk of Relapse with Neuromyelitis Optica - Insights

"This study offers hope to patients, since each attack in NMO can cause loss of visual or motor function," says Sean Pittock, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist and first author.

B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia monitoring for minimal residual disease [Test in Focus] - Insights

Min Shi, M.D., Ph.D., a hematologist and co-director of Mayo Clinic's Flow Cytometry Laboratory, explains recent updates to the B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia minimal residual disease flow cytometry assay. This test is used to identify...

Non-Colorectal GI Tumor Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers additional testing for GIST tumors and several other types of non-colorectal GI tumors.

Prostate Health Index (phi) [Test in Focus] - Insights

Useful For Assessing the patient’s probability of having detectable prostate cancer when totalprostate specific antigen (PSA) concentrations are between

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: January 30 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Incapacitated regulatory T cells (Tregs) contribute to immune-mediated diseases. Inflammatory Tregs are evident during human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, mechanisms driving the development...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: January 23 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Measles virus (MV) vaccine strains have shown significant preclinical antitumor activity against glioblastoma (GBM), the most lethal glioma histology. In this first in human trial (NCT00390299), a...

Serotonin release assay - Insights

Find out more about our serotonin release assay, the gold standard diagnostic test for detecting heparin-induced thrombocytopenia antibodies.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 2 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma of germinal center origin, which presents with significant biologic and clinical heterogeneity. Using RNA-seq on B cells sorted from 87 FL...

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...

Hepatitis C Virus Genotypic Antiviral Drug Resistance [Test in Focus] - Insights

Joseph Yao, M.D., gives an overview of this new test available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories. He discusses when this testing should be ordered, how this testing improves upon other testing approaches, and what clinical action can be...

Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel, PCR, Feces [Test in Focus] - Insights

The new Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel, PCR, Feces test is now available to the Mayo Clinic practice and Mayo Medical Laboratories clients.

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.

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.

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...

Classification of Kidney Stone Composition Using an AI Model - Insights

PACE / State of FLThis month’s “Virtual Lecture,” discusses how artificial intelligence can be utilized to classify kidney stones while demonstrating improvement in quality and patient safety.

FISH Testing - Insights

See how our comprehensive fluorescence in situ hybridization panels simplify the ordering process to ensure every patient receives the right test.

An Artificial Intelligence-powered Approach Reveals Novel Features of Tumor Cell Metastasis - Insights

PACE / State of FLThis month’s “Virtual Lecture” recognizes the importance of tracking tumor cell development and the heterogeneity in cancer cell growth dynamics at the clonal resolution and reveals features of tumor cell metastasis.

Disease-specific panels - Insights

Learn how disease-specific cancer panels help providers understand their patients’ risk of having a hereditary cancer syndrome.

Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility Evaluation [Test in Focus] - Insights

Divyanshu (Div), Dubey, M.B.B.S, gives an overview of the new Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility Evaluation available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories. He discusses when this testing should be ordered, how this testing compares to...

Children's Oncology Group - Insights

Learn how our team’s commitment and large testing menu helps in meeting the specific needs of Children’s Oncology Group patients.

New Genetic Test Classifies Lymphomas - Insights

The current diagnostic tools in a pathologist’s arsenal sometimes cannot provide a clear distinction between primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (one of the few lymphomas more common in younger women) and diffuse large B-cell...

Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy: A New Paradigm Shift - Insights

PACE/State of FL - This webinar will discuss the advantages of using electrophysiology results to guide the selection of axonal or demyelinating testing for peripheral neuropathy. This approach can help identify specific antibodies...

Hereditary Colon Cancer Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Our algorithmic approach aids with the ordering process and guides physicians to ensure the right tests are being ordered at the right time for patients.

Week in Review: June 3 - Insights

Today's highlights include: Spread of monkeypox underscores need for physicians to be ready to understand, Pfizer completes application to FDA for vaccine for children under 5, and connect is key to supporting multiple sclerosis patients.

Hepatocellular carcinoma - Insights

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of death from cancer in the world. While HCC can be effectively treated in its early stages, most patients are not diagnosed until they are symptomatic and at higher grades and...

H. pylori - Insights

Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, is one of the world’s most common chronic bacterial infections. Estimated to impact 4.4 billion individuals globally, H. pylori affects 35% to 89% of children, depending the on the geographic region in...

Anti-Platelet Factor 4 Antibody-Mediated Prothrombotic Syndromes - Insights

PACE / State of FLIn this month's "Virtual Lecture," Anand Padmanabhan provides a general overview and science in the field related to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), and...

Autoimmune neurology evolution - Insights

Patients with autoimmune neurologic conditions deserve the best chance at an accurate diagnosis. These answers can make a real difference in a patient’s treatment and quality of life.

Problem-Solving Thinking: An Overview of DMAIC, A3, and PDSA - Insights

PACE/State of FL - What problem-solving thinking is, as well as an overview of what DMAIC, A3, and PDSA problem-solving approaches are to support your quality and continuous improvement journey.