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Tick-borne disease - Insights

Browse our full menu of individual tests and panels that aid in the diagnosis of tick-borne diseases.

Carrier Screening - Insights

Linda Hasadsri, M.D., Ph.D., explains carrier screening at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Using targeted genotyping, our three focused panels evaluate genes associated with cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and hemoglobinopathies, to...

Next-generation sequencing - Insights

Browse our full menu of genetic testing, which provides the highest quality molecular assays available.

Staying the course through follow-up care and therapeutic drug monitoring: Billy Dowell Jr. - Insights

For Billy Dowell Jr., a competitive golfer, focus, determination, and course correction are essential to excelling at the sport. These skills, along with routine follow-up care and testing, are also important to navigating a life impacted...

Our Staff, Our Stories: Darin Kittleson - Insights

From friendly neighbor, to a hero. Darin Kittleson was in the middle of his ordinary day snow plowing his driveway when he decided to plow his neighbor’s driveway, as well. That was when he heard the cry for help. Darin rushed inside as 911...

Test Utilization in Dermatopathology: Recent Study Offers Appropriate-Use Criteria for 12 Diagnostic Tests, Focusing on Quality of Patient Care, Safety, and Cost - Insights

The exponential increase in the number of diagnostic tests available to physicians (in dermatopathology as well as other medical specialties) can be overwhelming, according to a new multi-institutional study co-published in the Journal of...

What's New in Health Care Reform: Feb. 20 - Insights

Top highlights include: Flu shot kept about 50% from going to doctor, racial disparities in cancer incidence and survival rates are narrowing, having anesthesia once as a baby does not cause learning disabilities, personalized diet predicts...

Weather Preparedness: Hey, How's That Weather? - Insights

Weather always seems to be at the forefront of people's minds and discussions—especially in Minnesota. We are always commenting on needing more rain, that it’s too cold, or that a blizzard is on its way. Weather, however, is no trivial...

New AI-augmented test refines kidney stone analysis - Insights

Since March 2019, Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., director of the Metals Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, along with his colleagues across the enterprise and his laboratory staff, have developed, validated, and implemented an artificial intelligence...

Delta Health: Confronting a global pandemic in rural Colorado - Insights

Delta Health leveraged their relationship with Mayo Clinic Laboratories to support patient in rural Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic. Delta Health and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have collaborated for over 17 years to perform complex and...