About RealTime Labs

Pioneers in the Hidden Dangers of Mold Exposure

Why RealTime Labs?

RealTime Lab’s mycotoxin test panel is the most comprehensive available, testing for the presence of 16 of the most common and toxic mycotoxins produced by indoor mold contaminants.

RealTime Lab is one of the only labs in the U.S. that tests for Macrocyclic Trichothecenes.

RealTime Lab is accredited in the U.S. by CAP and CLIA to perform clinical mycotoxin testing.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world at the beginning of 2020, RealTime Laboratories did not hesitate to invest unlimited efforts to serve our community. From developing relationships with manufacturers to secure supplies, hiring additional staff, and acquiring approval under the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization, RTL took all the steps necessary to provide timely, and accurate testing. For more information on our COVID-19 RT-PCR test, click here.

Our Founders

Dr. Hooper and Dr. Bolton founded RealTime Laboratories in 2005, but its history goes back further. Both doctors have worked together since meeting on their first day of medical school at the University of Nevada Medical School-Reno. Because they were interested in the same areas of research, they collaborated on projects in medical school. Many of these shared projects focused on infectious diseases.

Their medical training ignited a desire to become patient-focused and not just research-oriented. Each doctor developed a commitment to provide the best patient care. The focus of their clinical practices became their patients—the art of medicine—and not just the research—the science of medicine.

Over the years, they continued to encounter patients dealing with chronic medical problems who had been to several doctors, yet none of the previous doctors could find the cause of these ailments. They realized that there were few in the traditional medical community that wanted to deal with this type of patient. These patients needed someone to listen, care and offer solutions for their problems.

Fueled by their intellectual curiosity, grounded in their desire to help patients, and based in their research backgrounds, the doctors at RTL looked beyond simple explanations. They embarked on a search for answers to their patients’ problems. Through extensive research and detective-style problem solving, they traced many of their patients’ health issues back to an often-overlooked culprit: mold exposure!

After years of researching the effects of molds and their mycotoxins— specific poisonous chemical compounds produced by fungi—RealTime Laboratories, Inc., was formed. Now, the doctors and their caring staff provide answers to patients in need. As more research comes out and technology progresses, RealTime Laboratories will be here to continue helping those who others have been ignored.

What does it mean to be College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited?

For more than 50 years, the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program has been the champion of laboratory excellence, exceeding the requirements of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as well as those of other national and state regulatory agencies.

High-complexity disciplines (such as those performed in RealTime Laboratories) benefit from a specialized inspection by a peer who has expertise in the field. Only the CAP includes a specialty inspector for high-complexity Disciplines.