Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 11

By Samantha Rossi • May 11, 2020

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The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews.

Featured Abstract

Returning Genomic Results in a Federally Qualified Health Center: The Intersection of Precision Medicine and Social Determinants of Health.

This report describes the return of sequencing results to low-income Latino participants recruited through a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). We describe challenges in returning research results secondary to social determinants of health and present lessons learned to guide future genomic medicine implementation studies in low-resource settings. Via Genetics in Medicine.

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Published to PubMed This Week

• Emergence of a Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and the Importance of Diagnostic Testing: Why Partnership between Clinical Laboratories, Public Health Agencies, and Industry Is Essential to Control the Outbreak.
  Clinical Chemistry
• Commentary on Cryptogenic Cushing Syndrome Due to a White Lie.
  Clinical Chemistry
• Intragastric Balloon Placement Induces Significant Metabolic and Histologic Improvement in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Tuberous Sclerosis-Associated Renal Neoplasm.
  Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Ophthalmic Emergencies for the Clinician.
  Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Association Between High-Grade Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Cutaneous Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Suggested by Next-Generation Sequencing.
  JAMA Dermatology
• Delta-like Protein 3 Expression and Targeting in Merkel Cell Carcinoma.
  Oncologist
• Systemic AL Amyloidosis with an Undetectable Plasma Cell Dyscrasia: A Zebra without Stripes.
  American Journal of Hematology
• Glycosylation of Immunoglobulin Light Chains is Highly Prevalent in Cold Agglutinin Disease.
  American Journal of Hematology
• Psychological Burden of Hepatic Encephalopathy on Patients and Caregivers.
  Clinical Translation of Gastroenterology

Samantha Rossi

Samantha Rossi is a Digital Marketing Manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She supports marketing strategies for product management and specialty testing. Samantha has worked at Mayo Clinic since 2019.