Answers from the Lab

David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' MASS-FIX Quantitation assay provides next-generation screening for M-proteins, which are associated with multiple myeloma and other diseases. The assay better quantitates the blood proteins, for improved patient care and simpler test ordering.

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Could you provide us with a little bit about yourself and your background?
 
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Would you elaborate on the role of you and the Mayo Clinic team in advancing insights with the use of mass spectrometry and its initial launch?
 
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Please share about Quantitative MASS-FIX and its specificity, and which patients should have this testing and when it should be performed.
 
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Is this a more simplified ordering menu?
 
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Would you elaborate on how this assay supports the IMWG guidelines?
 
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Are there any closing remarks you would like to add?

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