February 2023

Vaccine protects against brain damage

Although the pathology of the respiratory system is the main impact of COVID-19, many patients manifest important neurological symptoms, such as anosmia, headaches, malaise, cognitive loss, epilepsy, ataxia and encephalopathy.

How old is your brain?

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model that analyses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans has been developed by a team from the University of Southern California.

Diagnostic potential of amniotic fluid cells

A clinical research team from the University of Hong Kong is behind the discovery of applying amniotic fluid cells obtained during 16-24 weeks of pregnancy as a novel sample type for RNA sequencing in prenatal diagnosis.

Under the microscope: Gardening

This month: Gardening

Role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease

A research team has developed a new approach to better understand the biology of polycystic kidney disease (PKD).

CRISPR and developing diagnostics

In a first for the genetic toolset CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA and single- and double-stranded DNA.

Gastrointestinal tumour recurrence

US researchers have identified a new feature indicative of the chance of recurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs).

Laboratory transfusion standards

Transfusion Laboratory Managers Kerry Dowling and Jennifer Davies look at the updated UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative (UKTLC) Standards Role in Improving Transfusion Laboratory Practice.

Recent advances and updates in biomedical science

Deputy Editor Guy Orchard summarises a review paper and looks at planned special issues of the British Journal of Biomedical Science.

How to build a lab?

Senior Biomedical Scientist Alix Costello with a nuts-and-bolts guide to creating a new histology laboratory, with insights into some of the new and exciting apparatus now available for modernised working practices.

The big question: What can we as a profession do to support the NHS?

This month we ask: What can we as a profession  do to support the NHS?

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