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As a diagnostics platform company that provides serious or complex laboratory testing, Mayo Clinic Laboratories is constantly working to advance patient care and broaden access to specialized testing. Learn about the latest news from Mayo Clinic Laboratories here, including new test launches, collaborations, operational updates, and more.
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Christopher Garcia, M.D., shares how secure digital tools, wearable data, and AI can enable more personalized diagnostic pathways, while still keeping clinicians in the driver’s seat.
Topic highlights include: White House launches monkeypox research agenda, Mayo Clinic: collaborations, startups to drive innovation, Why the latest screening tests and treatments offer hope for ovarian cancer
Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic health system experts say mental health issues on the rise, New York declares a state of emergency over polio, U.S. reaches medical milestone with millionth organ transplant
Topic highlights include: Five ways you’ll exercise smarter in the future, Scientists discovered an antibody that can take out all COVID-19 variants, Mayo launches accelerator dedicated to gene and cell therapies
Darci Block, Ph.D., co-director of the Central Clinical Lab in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses how and when autoverification is used and not used to help verify the approximately 8,000 specimens that are sent to the department’s Central Clinical Lab every day.
Two leaders have been announced to lead Mayo Clinic Laboratories and other diagnostic services in the biopharma and cardiovascular spaces. William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., has been named CEO and president and Mary Jo Williamson has been named chief administrative officer.
Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic working to commercialize molecular analyzer technology, Mayo Clinic expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk, Putting patients' needs at the heart of a care model
In August 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced thirty-two new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Topic highlights include: A look back at the history of Mayo Clinic, Scientists are racing to develop home tests that measure protection against COVID-19, Health tips Tuesday: preventing symptomatic kidney stones
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, was featured in a Health article regarding a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. The vaccine is in its final clinical trial phase and could be available in several years.
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory, joined the Dr. Radio Internal Medicine show on Sirius XM to discuss vector-borne disease, detecting Lyme disease, and diagnosing monkeypox.
Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic Minute: prescribing nature for mental, physical health (video), Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in US, UK becomes first country to approve updated Moderna vaccine targeting omicron
Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 5th), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead.