Dendritic Cell Enumeration Test: Amir Sadighi Akha, M.D., D.Phil.

Amir Sadighi Akha, M.D., D.Phil., lab section director for Mayo Clinic's Cellular and Molecular Immunology Laboratory, joins this episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast. Dr. Sadighi Akha and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss dendritic cell enumeration — a new test offered through Mayo Clinic Laboratories that is the only clinical test of its kind currently available in the U.S.

Show Notes

(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?

 

(08:06)
 So do you think that we'll be using this test for perhaps our very sick individuals here at Mayo Clinic?
 
 (08:37)
 So how would someone order this test? Is it available outside of Mayo Clinic, as well?
 
 (08:52)
 Is there anything else that you'd like to share about this whole process and coming up with this really novel test?

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