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Working to Revive Interest in World War II History, One Jeep at a Time #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
Mayo Clinic cardiologist Gurpreet Sandhu, M.D., Ph.D., is on a one-man mission to restore interest in American and Indian history by bringing World War II Jeeps back to life.
Diagnostic Exploratory Testing - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Nicole Boczek, Ph.D., assistant professor and laboratory director in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Sarah Barnett, M.S., CGC, discuss diagnostic exploratory testing, explain why it’s...
The birth of Mayo Clinic Laboratories: From tiny operation to international mainstay - Insights
In 1971, the Regional Laboratory, later to become Mayo Clinic Laboratories, was founded. For the first time in Mayo Clinic’s history, the institution would support the community practice of pathology for outside patients in the region and...
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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...
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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,...
Leveraging technology to transform Anatomic Pathology - Insights
As Mayo Clinic’s Anatomic Pathology moves from traditional glass slides to digital images, the advance in technology is achieving clear benefits in collaboration, learning, and patient care.
Against the odds: Alex Kraatz - Insights
As a two-time brain tumor survivor, Alex Kraatz has been through more harrowing medical experiences in his 34 years than most people face in a lifetime. But Alex’s fighting spirit, coupled with precision laboratory testing and cutting-edge...
William Morice, II, M.D., Ph.D., Featured in "Minnesota Healthcare News" - Insights
William Morice, II, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and President of Mayo Medical Laboratories, was recently profiled in Minnesota Healthcare News.
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© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. 05/2024 Porphyria (Cutaneous) Testing Algorithm Symptom: Skin manifestations restricted to sun-exposed areas Symptoms: ■ Edema ■ Sun-induced erythema ■...
Testing for Antibodies to SS-A/Ro in Autoimmune Diseases - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Anne Tebo, Ph.D., discusses recent updates in the testing for anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
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© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. 05/2024 Porphyria (Acute) Testing Algorithm Decreased ALAD activity Normal ALAD activity Isolated ALA increase Confirms ADP Consider CGPH / Custom Gene...
New pharmacogenetics program helps St. Clair Health improve patient care - Insights
Partnering with Mayo Clinic has helped St. Clair Health improve patient care and gain a new competitive advantage in pharmacogenetics.
Ticks and the Art of Finding Beauty in Dreadful, Wonderful Parasites - Insights
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., spends her work hours identifying and diagnosing infectious diseases. In her free time, she celebrates their beauty by creating bug-related artwork and blogging about parasites.
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© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. Reviewed 05/2025 Newborn screen result: Elevated glutarylcarnitine (C5-DC) Perform: Plasma ammonia, blood gas, glucose, electrolytes Order: ■ OAU / Organic...
Looking ahead to Clinical Rotations - Insights
Makenzie Fong, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, looks ahead to clinical rotations in the program.
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...
Immunobullous Diseases: Paraneoplastic Pemphigus (PNP) - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Julia Lehman, M.D., will discuss a rare and potentially fatal mucocutaneous blistering disease that is often associated with an underlying malignancy, called paraneoplastic pemphigus. She will also discuss the...
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The Adoption of Social Media in Education - Insights
Elissa Hall, Associate Director for Curriculum and Education Technology and an Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic, discusses how the adoption of social media in education creates a flexible environment for facilitating collaborative, deeper...
The evolution of specimen accessioning and delivery - Insights
The last installment of our 50th Anniversary series explores how Mayo Clinic Laboratories pioneered best practices in the area of specimen accessioning and delivery.
MSA Patient Holds Steady Following Small Group Study of Stem Cell Therapy - Insights
Steve Day experiences balance issues, sleeping problems, and irregular blood pressure stem from a rare, unusual neurodegenerative disease—multiple system atrophy. Read his story.
Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Eoin Flanagan, M.B., B. Ch., discusses the important issue of autoimmune encephalitis misdiagnosis and identifies red flags that be useful in clinical practice to suggest alternative diagnoses and highlight...
Graduating from the Mayo Clinic MLS Program - Insights
Makenzie Fong, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) class of 2018, reflects on her time in the MLS program.
At Mayo Clinic Laboratories, familial variant analysis can clarify genetic variants in family members when a variant of interest has been previously identified.
Pleural Mesothelioma - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Anja Roden, M.D., a thoracic pathologist at Mayo Clinic, gives an update on the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) classification and ancillary testing of pleural mesothelioma.
Laboratory Testing of Bone Turnover Markers - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, Ph.D., professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic, discusses the role of bone turnover markers in osteoporosis treatment as well as how to best interpret changes in bone...
Design Thinking for the Laboratory - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., discusses why he thinks "design thinking" is particularly useful for the laboratory.
Applying the Staffing-to-Workload Methodology: On-Site and Off-Site Operational Needs - Insights
Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses the inclusion of on-site and off-site operational needs of the laboratory in his staffing-to-workload analysis.
CPT codes and LOINC update: December 2024 - Insights
This will be the last CPT Codes and LOINC update. Read why.
Laboratory Utilization Management: Tick-Borne Disease Testing - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Elitza Theel, Ph.D., will be discussing laboratory utilization management, specifically for diagnostic testing for tick-borne diseases.
Descendant of Mother Alfred Moes Visits Mayo Clinic #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
Last month, Mayo Clinic hosted a pair of distinguished visitors: Gerard and Margit Moes. The couple traveled from their home in Luxembourg to Rochester, Minnesota, to see and learn more about the place Gerard's ancestor, Mother Alfred Moes,...
Testing for a surprising antigen enables insight into a chronic kidney illness - Insights
Mayo Clinic renal pathologist Dr. Sanjeev Sethi identified NELL-1 as a biomarker for membranous nephropathy (MN) in 2019. Two years later, Dr. Sethi helped implement the first ever IHC test to detect NELL-1 antigen, which appears in about...
Managing off-site phlebotomy: Considerations, coordination, and convenience - Insights
As the phlebotomist ventures farther from the hospital or formal outpatient setting, there are many new facets to consider. Remote phlebotomy is a patient-focused activity and can be a successful attribute for an outreach program when...
Back from the brink: Sheila Lewis - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ comprehensive approach to targeted antibody testing played a crucial and lifesaving role in moving Sheila Lewis to recovery from autoimmune encephalitis.
March 1917: The "Lost Oration" #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
Intense changes roiled the world in March 1917, including Mayo Clinic. For several years, the Mayo brothers had seen the need to create formal programs in advanced education for physicians. They created an entity called the Mayo Foundation...
What's New in Health Care Reform: Dec. 26 - Insights
Top highlights include: FDA panel backs prescribing opioid overdose reversal drug along with painkillers, Surgeon General warns youth vaping is now an "epidemic," international patients seeking cures in the states, Mayo Clinic President and...
High-resolution targeted stimulant and phencyclidine (PCP) screen - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., discusses the high-resolution targeted stimulant and PCP screening test from Mayo Clinic Laboratories, which offers sensitivity and specificity for use in the monitoring and management of...
National Stop The Bleed Day - Insights
Pat Hlavka, CSP, Safety Coordinator at Mayo Clinic, talks about the importance of National Stop The Bleed Day, a national awareness campaign about the top cause of preventable death in trauma.
MLS Clinical Rotations Spotlight: Central Clinical Laboratory - Insights
Kate McKeown, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) class of 2017, spotlights her experience in Mayo Clinic's Central Clinical Laboratory during MLS clinical rotations.
Testing Archives - Page 17 of 26 - Insights
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UofL Health – UofL Hospital physicians and laboratory scientists faced challenges in the ordering of autoimmune and paraneoplastic panels: duplicate orders that add unnecessary cost and omitted test orders that could provide the key to the...
STAT testing is available on a limited basis for patients with a suspected or known inborn error of metabolism when there is an increased risk of illness or death due to metabolic decompensation or when testing will allow for emergent...
Mayo's Own American Ninja Warrior Returns to Competition - Insights
Age seems to slow most people down. But Andrew Yori, a.k.a. the K9 Ninja who competed in the "American Ninja Warrior" competition, isn't like most people. While Andrew didn't win, he did achieve raising awareness of shelter dogs and their...
COVID-19: The pandemic that's forever changed laboratory testing - Insights
Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on the lives of millions of people around the world, including the many brave health care workers who risked their own health to provide lifesaving care to those infected by...
Direct immunofluorescence for autoimmune bullous diseases - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Julia Lehman, M.D., discusses a recent change to the direct immunofluorescence assay, specifically the addition of the IgG4 conjugate.
Modified two-tiered testing for Lyme disease - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., discusses the modified two-tiered testing algorithm for Lyme disease entirely based on enzyme immunoassays (EIA).
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., named IDSA Featured Educator for May - Insights
Recognizing Dr. Pritt’s innovative work in medical education, the Infectious Diseases Society of America is highlighting her role as an educator in its monthly series.
Optic Neuritis in the Era of Biomarkers - Insights
Antibodies to aquaporin-4 and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are recently described biomarkers seen in a subset of atypical optic neuritis which have revolutionized our understanding of the condition. In this “Hot Topic,” my...