Where rare
is common.
World-class testing for genetic disorders.
Our genetic testing was developed by experienced geneticists, genetic counselors, laboratory scientists, and bioinformaticians. We focus on providing easy to understand answers, interpreted by those same individuals who have an intimate understanding of the testing and understand the impact the results have on patient care.
Results That Matter
We're dedicated to our patients' health and well-being,
and proud of the outstanding outcomes we achieve.
2,000+
new diagnoses made each year.
30+
genetic experts developing testing and interpreting results.
150+
quantitative and qualitative biochemical genetic assays performed
24/7
support from Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists
Expertise in analysis and interpretation
Genetic testing generates large amounts of complex data that require a high level of expertise to accurately assess and classify each abnomailty detected. Our laboratory directors review thousands of tests each year and are actively involved in the field of genomic, helping create testing standards and shape practice guidelines.
Discovering the unknown
If further studies are necessary to clinically explore potential genetic causes for a patient’s phenotype or to characterize an identified
abnormality, we offer an expansive test of exploratory genetic testing including whole exome sequencing.
Access to Mayo Clinic expertise
Our laboratories operate as an interdisciplinary group of physicians, scientists, genetic counselors and laboratory professionals working in a state-of-the-art environment. This
team provides testing and result interpretation of
the highest quality for the diagnosis and clinical
care of patients.
Next-Generation Sequencing: Examining an Often Oversimplified & Misunderstood Technology–Part I
In the last decade or so, genetic testing has evolved from single-gene Sanger based assays to much more complex next-generation sequencing (NGS) based assays. This incredible technology has facilitated the rapid and high-throughput evaluation of many genes (hundreds of thousands of DNA strands) all at once
The Latest
This week's featured chromosomal microarray test in focus is presented by William Sukov, M.D., a pathologist and cancer geneticist at Mayo Clinic. He discusses when this test should be used for patients with renal tumors.
Newborn screening panels that test for a variety of conditions are available in every state; however, test performance and response rate by each state are very different. Mayo Clinic's Biochemical Genetics Laboratory created the Collaborative Laboratory Integrated Reports tool to mitigate the national (and international) problem of false positives and to raise the bar on test performance.
Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D. gives an overview of this new test available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She discusses when this testing should be ordered, how this testing improves upon other testing approaches, and what clinical action can be taken due to the results of this testing.
PACE / State of CA / State of FL
This month’s “Virtual Lecture” discusses bleeding and clotting disorders with a focus on molecular testing.
PACE
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Kevin Halling, M.D., Ph.D., will review basic cancer genetics concepts and discuss examples of how RNA sequencing can be used to detect clinically relevant alterations in tumors such as gene fusions, point mutations, tumor mutation burden, and gene expression of individual genes or sets of genes.