Items Tagged ‘mayo medical laboratories’
August 13, 2018
Article by Barbara Toman Genetic testing is like security-camera video of a break-in, providing essential clues to identify a culprit. In certain cancers, the “culprit” might be a rearrangement in a person’s DNA, which genomic testing can capture. But sometimes, like too-fuzzy security footage, conventional genetic testing can’t provide a positive identification. For people with […]
Tags: #genomic testing, cancer genomics, Chromosomal rearrangement, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, mayo medical laboratories, Nicole Hoppman, Ph.D.
May 28, 2018
Using CSI-type technology to unravel the source of bacteria
Mayo Clinic laboratory workers have a new tool to perform high tech genetic sleuthing for the source of stubborn, sometimes life-threatening bacteria. Bacterial whole genome sequencing can trace individual isolates of bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, also known as Staph aureus, to determine if an outbreak is occurring. This common bacterium that has plagued health […]
Tags: #bacterial infections, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Dr. Nick Chia, Dr. Robin Patel, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, mayo medical laboratories, Staphylococcus aureus, whole genome sequencing
May 12, 2017
Mayo Clinic launches first-in-world mate-pair sequencing test
By Sharon Rosen 
Many families are on a medical journey to find answers to a loved one’s undiagnosed disease. This can be painfully frustrating, expensive, and time-consuming. Now, a new test from Mayo Clinic hopes to help patients who may be at a diagnostic “dead end” with other genetic testing. The first-in-the-world mate-pair sequencing test identifies chromosome alterations […]
Tags: #chromosome, #congenital, #developmental, #DNA sequencing tests, #Dr. George Vasmatizis, #Dr. Nicole Lynn Hoppman, #genomic tests, #laboratory tests, #leukemia, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA
February 11, 2016
Next-Generation Sequencing: Targeted Panels Versus Whole Exome Sequencing
By Jeff Briggs 
Next-generation sequencing is becoming more prominent in the clinical laboratory, something we reported on recently on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog. With its unprecedented throughput, scalability, and speed, next-generation sequencing enables researchers to study biological systems at a level never before possible. Today’s complex genomic research questions demand a depth of information beyond […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, Dr. Brian Dawson, Dr. Eric Klee, Dr. Matthew Ferber, gene sequencing, mayo medical laboratories, MML, next generation sequencing, whole exome sequencing
January 26, 2016
Next-Generation Sequencing Settling Into the Laboratory
By Jeff Briggs
Thanks to next-generation sequencing, it’s now easier than ever to provide comprehensive genetic analysis to guide therapeutic decisions for patients with cancer, but it’s important to use resources wisely, says Linnea Baudhuin, Ph.D. Dr. Baudhuin is an associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Medical School and co-director of the clinical genome sequencing […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, DLMP, Dr. Linnea Baudhuin, mayo medical laboratories, MML, next generation sequencing
April 13, 2015
Mayo Clinic Launches Eight Genetic Testing Panels for Cardiac Disorders
By Jeff Briggs
Do you come from a family with a history of heart problems? Worried you may have inherited a cardiac condition? There’s great news coming out of Mayo Clinic to aid in diagnosing and managing these complex disorders. It’s just one more example of how all the Mayo Clinic teams are working together to improve the […]
Tags: Brugada syndrome, Cardiac, cardiomyopathy, center for individualized medicine, dilated cardiomopthy, genetic, Genetic Testing, genomic medicine, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome, Marfan syndrome, mayo clinic
June 3, 2014
N-of-One & Mayo Clinic to Provide Clinical Interpretation Support for Molecular Diagnostics Program
By AJ Montpetit 
N-of-One, the leading provider of clinical interpretation for precision medicine in oncology, recently announced an agreement with Mayo Clinic to provide access to clinical interpretation information to aid in highly complex molecular diagnostics. Under the terms of the agreement, in select cases, N-of-One solutions will assist in the identification of biological and clinical knowledge, therapeutic […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genome science, genomic medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, mayo clinic, mayo medical laboratories, n-of-one, personal genomics