Infectious Disease Archives - Insights Get the latest news and education from Mayo Clinic Laboratories Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:31:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Dengue Outbreaks and Advancements in Colon Cancer Screening: Bill Morice, M.D., Ph.D. https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2024/04/04/dengue-outbreaks-and-advancements-in-colon-cancer-screening-bill-morice-m-d-ph-d/ https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2024/04/04/dengue-outbreaks-and-advancements-in-colon-cancer-screening-bill-morice-m-d-ph-d/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/?p=110175 Dengue Outbreaks and Advancements in Colon Cancer Screening: Bill Morice, M.D., Ph.D.In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories. They discuss current events including dengue outbreaks, new colon cancer screening technology, and insurance coverage of innovative lab tests.

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]]> https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2024/04/04/dengue-outbreaks-and-advancements-in-colon-cancer-screening-bill-morice-m-d-ph-d/feed/ 0 Elitza Theel, Ph.D., weighs in on the value of COVID-19 antibody testing https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2021/09/22/elitza-theel-ph-d-weighs-in-on-the-value-of-covid-19-antibody-testing/ https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2021/09/22/elitza-theel-ph-d-weighs-in-on-the-value-of-covid-19-antibody-testing/#respond Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:43:00 +0000 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/?p=80131 Elitza Theel, Ph.D., weighs in on the value of COVID-19 antibody testingDirector of Mayo Clinic’s Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory, Elitza Theel, Ph.D., joins a discussion about COVID-19 antibody testing in a recent story on NPR.

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]]> https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2021/09/22/elitza-theel-ph-d-weighs-in-on-the-value-of-covid-19-antibody-testing/feed/ 0 Blood clots in the heart are common in patients with COVID-19 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2020/12/03/blood-clots-in-the-heart-are-common-in-patients-with-covid-19/ https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2020/12/03/blood-clots-in-the-heart-are-common-in-patients-with-covid-19/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:59:22 +0000 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/?p=69100 Blood clots in the heart are common in patients with COVID-19A small but in-depth study conducted a postmortem evaluation of the heart tissue of 15 patients with COVID-19, including the first postmortem cardiac findings of three patients who had cleared the virus.

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]]> https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2020/12/03/blood-clots-in-the-heart-are-common-in-patients-with-covid-19/feed/ 0 Alpha-gal testing [Test in Focus] https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2020/11/17/alpha-gal-testing-a-test-in-focus/ https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2020/11/17/alpha-gal-testing-a-test-in-focus/#respond Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/?p=67560 Alpha-gal testing [Test in Focus]Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D., associate director of Mayo Clinic's Clinical Immunoassay Lab, explains how humans can develop an allergy to the alpha-gal molecule, and he describes a new allergen antibody test that can be used to detect it. Dr. Bornhorst also reviews other tests that should be used in conjunction with alpha-gal testing to accurately identify the scope and underlying cause of the allergy.

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