Register now – Nov. 19, 2025: Regulatory compliance and recent policy changes at the federal and state levels relevant to hospital laboratory outreach programs.

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In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, and William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, discuss recent news about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in healthcare.

This week’s research roundup features a study on how a noncanonical AR addiction drives enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer.

Top highlights include: Importance of preventive health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding vaccine side effects, and what recent studies show about pregnancy and the COVID-19 vaccine.

Mayo Clinic's use of enhanced radio-frequency identification technology to track specimens from the clinical setting to the lab reduces the risk of errors and protects valuable — sometime irreplaceable — patient samples.

Dr. Binnicker's experience developing Mayo Clinic's first diagnostic COVID-19 test was recently featured in Mayo Clinic Alumni magazine.

Mayo Clinic and Thermo Fisher have joined forces to bring innovative solutions to patients.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., take a look at issues contributing to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. They address common myths surrounding the vaccines and discuss vaccine safety.

This week’s research roundup features a study on the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on asymptomatic infection among patients undergoing pre-procedural COVID-19 molecular screening.

Mayo Clinic Laboratories will be migrating the MayoACCESS application to the authentication service used across Mayo Clinic.

Top highlights include: A rise in colorectal cancer cases, Dr. Poland talks about vaccine hesitancy and next steps in the journey to vaccinate children for COVID-19.

In this month’s Hot Topic, Robin Patel, M.D., discusses Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ new PCR assay for detection of Helicobacter pylori detection and determination of clarithromycin resistance directly from stool.

In this episode, Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and director of the Clinical and Forensic Toxicology Lab, Clinical Mass Spectrometry Lab, and Metals Lab at Mayo Clinic, discusses how his three labs support toxicology testing for patient care.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. This week, Dr. Morice talks with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., about his career and the path he took to his current role as chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories.