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Slime of the times
Sarah J Pitt and Alan Gunn write about their search for new antibiotics, which has taken them out of the laboratory and into the vegetable patch.
Fixing the workforce
David Eccleston, Head of Modernising Scientific Careers at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, and colleagues outline their programme to secure a more stable workforce.
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Tackling drug-resistant strains of TB
New drugs to treat strains of TB that have become resistant to treatment are now a possibility it is claimed, following a discovery from the University of Surrey.
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Redefining how blood is made
Stem-cell scientists have discovered a completely new notion of how human blood is made, upending conventional views from the 1960s.
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Avoidable cancer delays
One in four cancer patients experienced a delay to their diagnosis that could have been avoided, according to a new study by Cancer Research UK.
Cytopathology
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Myelodysplastic syndromes
Haematology expert Professor Barbara Bain looks at morphology and the accurate diagnosis of the myelodysplastic syndromes.
Networking: Lighting up pathology's future?
David Wells, Head of Pathology Consolidation for NHS England and NHS Improvement, outlines the progress made on pathology network consolidation and introduces the pathology quality assurance dashboard.
The jumping gene and the soluble protein
Kevin Ng and colleagues are behind the discovery of a soluble protein produced by a “jumping gene” – an insertion of ancient parasitic DNA into the genome. The work has the potential to transform immunotherapy treatment and may also have therapeutic implications.
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