MCL Featured Stories

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Mayo Clinic Laboratories is committed to innovation that provides the right test at the right time for the right patients. That effort always starts with identifying gaps in patient care. Filling those gaps sometimes involves not developing new tests but finding ways to make existing tests more efficient and easier for patients.

By Barbara J. Toman • January 11, 2023

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, a leading reference laboratory, and Helix, the nation’s leading population genomics and viral surveillance company, today announced a new strategic collaboration that will provide life sciences customers access to a comprehensive joint laboratory offering for research and development initiatives across the drug development lifecycle. 

By Suzanne Ferguson • January 10, 2023

For Billy Dowell Jr., a competitive golfer, focus, determination, and course correction are essential to excelling at the sport. These skills, along with routine follow-up care and testing, are also important to navigating a life impacted by multiple chronic autoimmune conditions.

By Robin Huiras-Carlson • January 9, 2023

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with R. Ross Reichard, M.D., a forensic pathologist at Mayo Clinic and associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology, to discuss what every pathologist should know about the legal system.

By MCL Education • January 6, 2023

Due to logistic challenges, we are experiencing shipment delays which may result in testing delays or cancelations.

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • January 3, 2023

This page includes updates posted to the site during the month of December.

By Michael Hutchison • January 3, 2023

As part of Mayo Clinic’s Neuro-Oncology practice, the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics tests about 50 brain tumors a week, and upwards of 1,500 brain tumors a year from all over the world.

By Chris Bahnsen • January 2, 2023

PACE/State of FL - Blood diversion as a mechanism to lower blood culture contamination rates.

By MCL Education • December 23, 2022

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Medhat Askar, M.D., Ph.D., MSHPE, FRCPath, Professor of Pathology, Texas A&M College of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Services, National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)/BeTheMatch. Listen as they discuss a very important topic this holiday season, the gift of organ donation.

By MCL Education • December 16, 2022

Ed Garber spent months in physical and neurological decline while a cohort of care providers and specialists searched for the root cause of his symptoms. That search for answers ended after testing by Mayo Clinic Laboratories gave them the confirmatory diagnosis they needed.

By Cory Pedersen • December 5, 2022

In this month's "Hot Topic," Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., co-director of the antibody immunology laboratory at Mayo Clinic, discusses celiac disease and the role of diagnostic testing algorithms.

By MCL Education • December 5, 2022

This list includes updates posted to mayocliniclabs.com during the month of November.

By Michael Hutchison • December 2, 2022

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology, and clinical biochemist in the Protein Immunology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, to discuss Multiple Myeloma testing.

By MCL Education • December 2, 2022