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Sophisticated laboratory testing solved a medical riddle and finally got Jori Pearson back on his feet, doing what he loves.

This Feature Includes: Preclinical modeling in glioblastoma patient-derived xenograft (GBM PDX) xenografts to guide clinical development of lisavanbulin-a novel tumor checkpoint controller targeting microtubules.

Topic's Include: Breakthrough hospitalizations ‘extremely uncommon’ after COVID-19 immunity, Mayo study finds, and Mayo Clinic in Rochester continues to ease visitor restrictions for hospitalized patients.

This Feature Includes: A clinically compatible drug-screening platform based on organotypic cultures identifies vulnerabilities to prevent and treat brain metastasis.

Each day, some 40 to 45 thousand specimens are shipped to Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester, Minnesota, from hospitals and other health care organizations around the world. And for every sample, there’s a patient to whom it belongs, someone on the other end hoping for answers to a challenging, perhaps even life-threatening, condition.

Katie Perry’s work as a supervisor for the Mayo Lab Inquiry call center helps ensure that clients get the information they need, when they need it, and smooths the way for tests to be completed without delay.

This Feature Includes: Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data.

Successful implementation of a new slide scanning and analysis platform across five laboratories represents a significant step forward in Mayo Clinic’s digital pathology program — an initiative that combines advanced technology with human expertise to better serve patients.

This week’s research roundup features: Androgen deprivation therapy use and duration with definitive radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis.

A Mayo Clinic Laboratories newborn screening panel detects a rare disease and paves the way for life-sustaining treatment.

Topic's Include: Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: New cases of COVID-19 continue downward trend.

As a client account representative, Heather Van Buskirk uses her problem-solving skills to make sure invoices get paid in a timely manner, so Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ services remain available to providers and their patients.

This week’s research roundup features: Phase II randomized trial of transoral surgery and low-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy in resectable p16+ locally advanced oropharynx cancer: An ECOG-ACRIN cancer research group trial (E3311).