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Kylie Reising, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, takes a look back on her Clinical Chemistry 1 course.

Top highlights include: how hospitals are fighting burnout, U.S. health spending hits $3.5 trillion but growth slows, why states might start taxing opioids, telemedicine in reverse. and health care providers are teaming with chatbots to assist patients.

Nikola Baumann, Ph.D., Director of the Central Clinical Laboratory and Central Processing Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, was recently featured in CAP Today about biotin interference. According to findings of a Mayo Clinic study, biotin use is not rare, and don’t count on it being listed in the patient’s electronic medical record.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the evaluation of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: A consensus report of the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group.

Joseph Parisi, M.D., and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., have both received the 2018 Distinguished Educator Award. The award honors Mayo Clinic staff members who have made substantial and continued contributions to Mayo’s educational mission.

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, is kicking off a blog series that will discuss a methodology that can be used in the design of a new laboratory space or the redesign of an existing laboratory space.

Top highlights include: Minnesota OKs medical marijuana to treat Alzheimer's, U.S. life expectancy declines again, polio-like disease in U.S. kids appears to have peaked for 2018, methamphetamine use by pregnant women, and the effects of vitamin B12 deficiency.

Sean Pittock, M.D., and Andrew McKeon, M.B., B.Ch., M.D., were featured in a Post Bulletin series about autoimmune neurology disorders and the research and services that Mayo Clinic offers patients.

Justin Kreuter, M.D., Medical Director of Mayo Clinic's Blood Donor Program, discusses the importance of giving blood during the winter season on KAAL TV (channel 6 ABC news).

This week’s Research Roundup highlights predicting renal function outcomes after partial and radical nephrectomy.

Maria Alice Willrich, Ph.D., Consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Paula Ladwig, Development Tech Coordinator, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, authored an article in Clinical Laboratory News on mass spectrometry applications for monoclonal antibody therapeutics.

Maria Alice Willrich, Ph.D., Consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, authored an article in Clinical Laboratory News on a new role for clinical laboratories in monitoring therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered that large chromosomal rearrangements present in mesothelioma could make it possible to understand which patients are likely respond better to immunotherapy.