Answers from the Lab

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., talk about cases of COVID-19 being seen in people who are fully vaccinated and explain why that doesn’t mean the vaccines...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., review where the COVID-19 pandemic stands today and how it may change as we head into the fall.

(00:33)  Could you please tell the audience a little bit about yourself and your background before we get to?   (01:07)  So just as an overview, this new MAG test, can you kind of give us a general idea of the assay, the methodology, and how this could be used clinically?   (01:59)  Can you maybe expound upon the role of the M protein, how it relates to the MAG antibody and also that unique testin...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., talk about what the recent surge in COVID-19 cases means and how we can all do our part to help prevent further spread.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the rise in cases of COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus delta variant in the U.S., especially in areas with low va...

This episode of “Answers from the Lab” features Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Clinical Microbiology, and William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of Mayo’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, discussing how to prevent, diagnose, and treat vector-borne diseases — illness you get from blood-feeding anthropods like ticks and...

(00:32): Before we get started, Dr. Hopson, could you please share a little about you and your background with our listeners?   (01:16): Thanks again, Dr. Hopson for joining us today. Could you describe for us what the disaccharidase test is?   (02:32): Thank you for that great description. For this testing. What specimen is required?   (02:58): Can You provide a brief overview and intended use of...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D. discuss a recent report to Congress that outlined potential laboratory fee reimbursement changes, and what that could mean...

(00:32) Dr. Dubey, could you just tell the audience a little bit about yourself and your background? (01:56)  No one knows (better) what tests are necessary for these auto-immune patients than our lab directors who are doing really both things, seeing patients and working in the lab, so I think that's a really unique thing we want to highlight, right?   (03:11)  Can you maybe describe a little bit...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D. review where the pandemic stands now, and discuss concerns that continue to linger regarding COVID-19 and other respiratory...

Sanjeev Sethi, M.D., Ph. D., explains Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ newly developed test to detect neural epidermal growth factor-like 1 protein (NELL-1), a biomarker for membranous nephropathy (MN). The immunohistochemistry assay examines tissue samples for NELL-1 antigen, which are found in 10% to 15% of MN patients. Discovered by Dr. Sethi in 2017, NELL-1 is the second most common antigen associate...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly update. In this episode, Dr. Morice explains his dual leadership role and how engaging in the business of a reference laboratory informs his work within academic medicine.

(00:31): But before we get started, Dr. Pritt, could you provide our listeners with a little bit about you and your background?   (01:22): Can you provide a brief overview and intended use of this testing?   (03:16): Could you describe what clinical action is enabled by the results of this test?   (05:31): Now let's discuss which patients should have this testing and when should it be performed?’...

(00:31): Before we get started, Dr. Halling, could you provide us with a little bit about you and your background?   (01:11): Would you like to give us a basic summary of this test? (02:43): So in talking about patients, can you tell us which patients should have this testing? And when it is typically performed?   (05:01): Do you want to talk about some of the guidelines that were used to shape th...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, hosts this episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast. He’s joined by Gianluca Pettiti, senior vice president and president of specialty diagnostics at Thermo Fisher Scientific to discuss their organizations’ collaboration and its value for pati...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the future of laboratory medicine in a post-pandemic world.

(00:32): Before we get started, I'm really interested, could you give me a little bit of background on yourself and, uh, just where you work at Mayo Clinic?   (01:31): So before we start talking about the tests, can you just tell me a little bit about TMA and in that disease state itself?   (03:08): As we talk very specifically about this testing, so can you give me a brief overview of the assays...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., explain Mayo Clinic Laboratories, review its history, and describe how its work furthers Mayo Clinic’s mission.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., reflect on the dramatic advances that have taken place in laboratory medicine during the pandemic and what those changes m...

(00:41)  Before we get started talking about the panels, Dr. McKeon, could you provide a little background about yourself and your role here at Mayo Clinic?   (01:23)  I think it's important for our audience to know that you're both seeing patients and working in the lab, which helps us at Mayo Clinic to have a real understanding of what patients and physicians need to get an accurate diagnosis. I...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in light of the recent pause in distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

(00:55)  Can you tell us what you've been working on since last May?   (03:19)  How many assays did you end up validating just for detection of that single virus?    (04:36)  How many specimens at the peak of the pandemic were you able to test in one day?     (05:29)  So can you tell us a little bit more about this test that you're using for sequencing?    (08:18)  How would a clinician who orders...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss vaccine passports. They review how proof of vaccination could be used along with other tools, like testing, to hel...

(00:34) I'm joined here today by Dr. Chris Klein. Sir, would you mind introducing yourself to our audience and telling them a little bit about your background?   (1:19) I don't want this to be a review of the paper, sir, but could you just give maybe a recap of one or some of the key takeaways?   (5:59) It was one of the first tests discovered, but we're not satisfied with the status quo and we co...

William Morice II, M.D., Ph. D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the current rate of COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. and address common questions about the vaccines.