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Mayo Clinic Laboratories is grateful for your collaboration in 2024.

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • December 16, 2024

Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered for the New Year's holiday. To ensure specimen viability and minimize delays, the following adjustments and guidelines have been implemented and will be communicated to clients and couriers today. 

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • December 11, 2024

Five of the most significant advancements from Mayo Clinic Laboratories in 2024 to enhance diagnostics and patient care globally.

By Jessie Fenske • December 11, 2024

Dr. Morice highlights the crucial role of hospital-owned laboratories in enhancing patient care and hospital operations.

By Jessie Fenske • December 10, 2024

Due to the Christmas holiday (recognized on Wednesday, Dec. 25), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure specimen stability and prevent delays, follow the guidelines outlined below for domestic clients and international clients.

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • December 6, 2024

Kelly DuBois recently joined “Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast” to explain her health journey with Mayo Clinic. In the episode, Kelly, who faced a series of unexplained health issues over two decades, highlighted the help that Mayo Clinic was able to offer her after being misdiagnosed with acromegaly.

By Jack Gilligan • December 5, 2024

Mayo Clinic Laboratories (MCL) is pleased to announce an essential update to our CPT code communication process and website layout. This change is designed to bring timely notifications for accurate billing information.

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • December 3, 2024

New diagnostic tests specifically for conditions that predominantly or only affect women, such as autoimmune diseases and gynecological cancers, are empowering female patients and their physicians to make informed decisions.

By Robin Huiras-Carlson • December 2, 2024

The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that at least five million people worldwide have a form of lupus. Yet, the most widely used laboratory tests for patients with this complex condition were developed more than 60 years ago, and physicians need modern, evidence-based tools to provide high-quality care for their patients. That is why Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Progentec Diagnostics joined forces to provide solutions that transform that experience.

By Jessie Fenske • November 26, 2024

Mayo Clinic researchers identify a new subtype of MGTS, linked to recurrent blood clots, with significant diagnostic challenges and treatment implications.

By Jack Gilligan • November 22, 2024

Clinical labs are key to advancing health equity, reducing barriers, and improving access through innovation, collaboration, and community engagement. Dr. Morice shares his thoughts in the Lab Manager article, “Health Equity Starts in the Lab: Here’s How.”

By Jack Gilligan • November 19, 2024

Fergus Couch, Ph.D., chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Experimental Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, led a team that recently published new National Institutes of Health and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved guidelines for the interpretation of variants in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) cancer gene. Inherited mutations in ATM have been shown to increase the risk of breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. Now published by the American Journal of Human Genetics and available for widespread use, Dr. Couch says the guidelines can help clinicians around the world apply the same consistent method of classification to ATM variants.

By Cory Pedersen • November 11, 2024

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, recently shared with the Advisory Board his insight into the potential that digital pathology and out-of-lab testing can bring into the laboratory space.

By Jack Gilligan • November 6, 2024