MCL @Work: Brie LaJoye - Insights
Brie LaJoye began her career with Mayo Clinic in 2018 as an intern and has been with the organization for nearly six years. She currently works as a Laboratory information system (LIS) technical specialist, managing lab instrumentation,...
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...
MCL @Work: Jane Hermansen - Insights
Outreach manager Jane Hermansen regards Mayo Clinic as the pinnacle of healthcare. Having spent her formative years in Minnesota, she was inspired by her uncle Roger to embark on a path as a laboratory scientist. Presently, she oversees the...
Alpha-gal testing [Test in Focus] - Insights
Immunoassay Lab, explains how humans can develop an allergy to the alpha-gal molecule, and he describes a new allergen antibody test that can be used to detect it. Dr. Bornhorst also reviews other tests that should...
Viruses and Variants: Dr. Bill Morice - Insights
Morice and Dr. Pritt discuss the range of emerging viruses and their variants that are currently in the news....
Predictors to Direct Neural Antibody Testing in Autoimmune Encephalitis/Epilepsy - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Divyanshu Dubey, M.B.B.S., associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and neurology at Mayo Clinic, discusses various clinical and paraclinical features of autoimmune encephalitis, autoimmune seizures, and...
Research Suggests Genetics Are Key in Treating Night Sweats - Insights
dose of estrogen can be tricky, with some women needing more estrogen than others to get relief. A new Mayo Clinic study published in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society found...
Audrey Schuetz, M.D., Comments on First-Ever Case of Human Eye Worms - Insights
A recent article in HealthDay News reported on a case of an avid 26-year-old outdoorswoman from Oregon who became the first human ever infected by a type of eye worm previously seen only in cattle. Audrey...
Dendritic Cell Enumeration Test: Amir Sadighi Akha, M.D., D.Phil. - Insights
From the Lab" podcast. Dr. Sadighi Akha and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss dendritic cell enumeration — a new test offered through Mayo Clinic Laboratories that is the only clinical test of its kind currently...
Updated testing algorithms for plasma cell proliferative disorders [Test in Focus] - Insights
plasma cell proliferative disorders, such as multiple myeloma. Based on recently published data, the new testing algorithms focus on use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) panels, rather than chromosome...