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Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome, and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 (not too scary) to 5 (bad-news bugs). Part four features "love bugs."

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome, and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 (not too scary) to 5 (bad-news bugs). Part three features a "beaver fever” creature.

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome, and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 (not too scary) to 5 (bad-news bugs). Part two features scalp explorers—lice!

Joseph Maleszewski, M.D., has been named the Assistant Dean of Curriculum for the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. He will be directly accountable to the senior associate dean for Academic Affairs.

Robin Patel, M.D., Chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, recently participated in the American Society for Microbiology's "Meet the Microbiologist" podcast to discuss her work on prosthetic joint infections and how metagenomics is changing infectious disease diagnostic procedures.

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome, and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 (not too scary) to 5 (bad-news bugs). Part one features ascaris worms.

The Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program is having a "Pints for Preemies" blood-donation challenge, which is a push for people to donate blood for Mayo's smallest and youngest patients. Justin Kreuter, M.D., Medical Director of Mayo’s Blood Donor Program, talks to KIMT about the challenge.

Infectious Diseases Subspecialties Update 2019 will provide important updates in infectious diseases, including a review of new developments, guidelines, and literature in the field. Watch a video with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, to learn more.

Laura Raseman White grew up in an environment where helping others was part of the lifestyle, a household mentality. So it wasn’t a concern at all for Laura, a laboratory tech in Mayo’s Special Coagulation Laboratory, when she first gave blood as a teen back in high school. And she’s kept on donating ever since.

Mayo Clinic released a new DNA product with Helix, a personal genomics company, called "Mayo Clinic GeneGuide." The DNA-powered product provides healthy individuals with genetic testing and insights with a focus on education.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights neoantigenic potential of complex chromosomal rearrangements in mesothelioma.

Audrey Schuetz, M.D., Senior Associate Consultant in the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses antibiotic resistance.

In this sketchnote, Caroline Davidge-Pitts, M.B., B.Ch., and Todd Nippoldt, M.D., share inclusive terminology and lessons learned from Mayo Clinic’s Transgender Intersex Specialty Care Clinic.