Answers from the Lab

(00:55)  Dr. Murray, as we get started today, could you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your background here? (01:50)  As you developed this assay, can you just give us a brief overview of it and how it works?   (04:07)  As you compare those two methods, what are some of the things that you're seeing that are the advantages of this new test? (07:02)  When should patients really have t...

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 new nationwide strategy that the Biden administration is rolling out to combat COVID-19.

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., tackle myths surrounding COVID vaccines and talk about where to find reliable vaccine information.

(00:50)  Would you be able to tell us a little bit about yourself and your background?   (01:26)  So would you be able to provide us a brief overview of this assay?   (02:16)  When thinking about the application of this test, which patients should have this testing, and when should it be performed?   (03:09)  So after the test has been performed, how are the results used to guide patient care?   (...

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 potential health care reform and other changes that could affect laboratory medicine in U.S. in the coming years.

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 new COVID-19 variants that are emerging and how those variants could have an impact on the pandemic going forw...

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., look back at how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped laboratory medicine throughout 2020.

(00:50)  So maybe we'll just start with a simple question. If you could tell us a little bit about you and your background? (01:21)  Let's go into, then, the dendritic cell enumeration test. What is this exactly?   (03:46)  What's innovative or different about this test?   (04:56)  What would you say is the primary use case of this test?   (06:02)  So how would you foresee this test being used?  ...

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 the increased interest in health care professions, including those in laboratory medicine, that has been spurre...

Tell us a little bit about your background and about yourself.   Give us a brief overview of what are the previous approaches that have been used in the past for multiple myeloma testing.   So can you take a moment and talk to me about the new approach and the new algorithm that your laboratory is working on implementing?   So how does this new approach really benefit both hospitals across the cou...

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., debunk common face mask misconceptions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anja Roden, M.D., a medical director for Mayo Clinic's Immunohistochemistry Laboratory, joins this episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast. Dr. Roden and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the development and evaluation of immunohistochemistry in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues.

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(00:48)  Could you provide our listeners with a little bit about you and your background? (01:56)  There's a fair amount of genetic hearing loss tests out there. Why did we decide to develop this one here at Mayo?   (02:51)  Can you tell me a little bit about the process that actually went into developing the test — the different research and that sort of thing?   (04:03)  What specific need do we...

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 latest on COVID-19 vaccines.

(01:07)  Has the utility or the role of antibody testing changed or evolved in any way for you over the past months or since the pandemic began?   (04:06)  What do we know about the antibody response to the virus and how is our knowledge grown in that area? I think one question that people have is do we all make antibodies to the virus and how long do those antibodies last, and will they protect u...

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 the treatment options currently available for COVID-19.

(00:41)  Dr. Bornhorst, could you provide our listeners with a little bit about you and your background?   (01:15)  Can you provide a brief overview of the alpha-gal galactose-alpha 1,3 galactose assay?    (04:19)  So I understand that most people obtain this allergy primarily from ticks and meat-derived products, and that it can cause symptoms such as hives, itching, difficulty breathing, and oth...

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 herd immunity and COVID-19.

(00:47)  Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how your role has changed since COVID-19?   (02:02)  How do you feel that testing will help Mayo and hospitals respond to this coming season's challenge?   (03:38)  Can you tell us a little bit about the algorithm and how it helps to address perhaps potential resource shortages, knowing that we probably can't test everyone for everything all...

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 the testing options currently available to detect COVID-19.

(00:45)  Could you just provide our listeners with a little bit of information about you and your background?    (01:00)  The laboratory recently made some updates to this testing for minimal residual disease. Can you just give us a brief overview of that assay?   (03:22)  So these patients go through these treatments, and at what point do they really need this testing, or when should it be consid...

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Speaker 1: (00:39)  Can you start by sharing a little bit about yourself and your expertise for our listeners?     Speaker 1: (01:12)  We're in this pandemic with COVID-19, and I'm hearing about people having hematologic responses to COVID-19. Can you tell us a little bit about what these responses are?   Speaker 2: (04:53)  Here at Mayo Clinic, do we have an assay or a testing profile that could...

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. With a surge in new cases happening now, and flu season coming soon, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the importance of continuing to follow safety precautions to...