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Andrew McKeon, M.D., M.B., B.Ch., and Sean J. Pittock, M.D., neurologists and co-directors of the Mayo Clinic Neuroimmunology Laboratory in Rochester, Minnesota, answer questions about Mayo Clinic's new test.

Darci Block, Ph.D., Director of Laboratory Services and Co-Director of the Central Clinical Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, and Nikki Baumann, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Central Clinical Laboratory and Director of the Central Processing Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, were recently published in "Clinical Biochemistry" for their manuscript, “An Approach to Analytical Validation and Testing of Body Fluid Assays for the Automated Clinical Laboratory.”

Justin Kreuter, M.D., clinical pathologist and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the importance of daily critical reflection.

Allan Jaffe, M.D., Consultant and Chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services, and Loralie Langman, Ph.D., Consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo, were recipients of this year's AACC Annual Scientific Meeting honors.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights a randomized trial of spheroid reservoir bioartificial liver in Porcine model of post-hepatectomy liver failure.

Minetta Liu, M.D., an oncologist at Mayo Clinic, answered a reader's question in Mayo Clinic's "Q and A" about liquid biopsies. The question was, "What is a liquid biopsy? Can it be used in place of a tumor biopsy to find cancer?"

In this sketchnote, Kulleni Gebreyes, M.D., discusses the role of race and cultivating a culture of being "color brave." She calls on us to be reflective and curious about our interactions to build awareness of our own biases and assumptions.

Bonner General Health in Sandpoint, Idaho, has selected Mayo Medical Laboratories as its primary reference laboratory. This selection gives Bonner General Health access to Mayo Clinic’s extensive menu of laboratory tests and clinical expertise.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology recently released a new guidebook for laboratories, A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2018 Update. The guide lists five Mayo Clinic physician/scientists as contributing authors.

The American Society for Clinical Pathology has announced the 2018 “40 under Forty" honorees. This year’s list features Kara Hansing, Program Director for the Cytotechnology Program at Mayo Clinic.

On a recent tick drag with Minnesota Department of Health researchers, Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, talked about testing for tick-borne diseases.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights gastrointestinal and extra-intestinal manifestations of immunoglobulin G4-related disease.

Ravinder Singh, Ph.D., a consultant in the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was recently featured in Hindustan Times after he spoke at a seminar in India sponsored by his alma mater, Guru Nanak Dev University. Expressing concern over the growing danger of deadly diseases, including cancer, in Punjab, Dr. Singh stated that the state needs advanced diagnostic technology to counter cancer and other diseases.