December 2022

Science

IBMS research grants 2022

The four recipients of IBMS research grants in 2022 explain their projects and the impact they hope their work will have.

Microbiology & Virology
Science

Navigating diagnostics: Will testing leave the lab and move to the community

On the back of a new report on the future of diagnostics, we look at whether lab services are likely to be moved out into the community.

Microbiology & Virology
News

Artificial enzymes programmed to destroy SARS-CoV-2

Cambridge scientists have used synthetic biology to create artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 and destroy the virus.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
News

Genes identified to potentially diagnose Lyme disease

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified 35 genes that are particularly highly expressed in people with long-term Lyme disease.

Haematology & Transfusion Science
Science

The big question: The biomedical science workforce

This month we ask “How can we solve the workforce shortage in biomedical science?”

News

How stealthy HIV evades drugs and immunity

An immune response that likely evolved to help fight infections appears to be the mechanism that drives human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a latent state, researchers at Duke Health in the US report.

Microbiology & Virology
Science

Pushing back the frontiers with "click chemistry"

Ben Schumann discusses his work and the potential to understand the complex molecular and cellular processes at work in diseases.

News

Haematuria and chronic kidney disease

Data from a large South Korean cohort show a five-fold increased risk of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) for adults with persistent haematuria, compared with those with no haematuria.

Clinical Chemistry
News

Personalised breast cancer screening

Researchers have created a model for predicting individual breast cancer risk that could be used to create personalised breast screening strategies.

Resources

Proud of our progress

David Wells, IBMS Chief Executive, takes a look at where the Institute is and where it’s heading.

Resources

My lab: a hub-and-spoke network

Consultant Clinical Biochemist Dr Allison Chipchase gives a guided tour of the Eastern Pathology Alliance laboratories.

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