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Public perceptions: promoting biomedical science in lockdown
A look at the first digital Biomedical Science Day and the work that the IBMS has been doing to promote the profession and support members during the pandemic.
Rethinking approaches to learning
Senior Lecturer Paul Orsmond and Healthcare Science Course Leader Ian Davies reconsider practitioner learning, with the focus on the learner and their participation in practices.
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Neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
A trio of papers describe newly discovered human antibodies that target the SARS-CoV-2 virus, isolated from survivors of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV.
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Experimental cancer blood test
A new method of analysing cancer patients’ blood for evidence of the disease could be up to 10 times more sensitive than previous methods, according to new research.
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COVID-19 anti-viral therapy
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) evaluated several human antibodies to determine the most potent combination to be mixed in a cocktail and used as a promising anti-viral therapy against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Microbiology & Virology
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Loss of smell
Through analysing new data collected through an app, Professor Sebastien Ourselin and colleagues have gained new insights into COVID-19 symptoms.
The great big biomedical lockdown quiz (part 2)
The second instalment of our biomedical science quiz. This time, we have four experts setting questions to test members’ knowledge across the disciplines.
Medical eponyms part 1: Thomas Addison
This is the first article in a series of selected short biographies of persons whose names are directly used for diseases, conditions or syndromes familiar to those working in clinical pathology laboratories.
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Talking about my generation
Biomedical science student Iggy Mason on why Generation Z offers a fresh perspective on biomedical science.
