July 2022

Science

Myasthenia gravisa: A personal journey

Rashmi Rungta gives an insight into her life with myasthenia gravis – a rare long-term condition that causes muscle weakness.

Science

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Lecturer in Biomedical Science at the University of Salford Tahmina Hussain looks at leukaemia and presents a case study.

Cytopathology
Resources

My lab: encouraging and supporting research

Professor Stephen Fôn Hughes gives a guided tour of his laboratory in Wrexham, North Wales.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
Resources

Here to help: enhanced education

Dr Sue Jones, the new IBMS Executive Head of Education, outlines the priorities in her new role.

News

Miniproteins that launch two-pronged attacks

A new approach developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) provides an alternative mechanism to vaccines, which renders viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 inactive.

Microbiology & Virology
News

Characteristics of stable vitiligo skin disease

A new study reveals the unique cell-to-cell communication networks that can perpetuate inflammation and prevent repigmentation in patients with vitiligo disease.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
News

An autoimmune cause of schizophrenia?

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have identified an autoantibody – a protein that is produced by the immune system to attach to a specific substance from the individual’s own body, rather than to a foreign substance, such as a virus or bacteria – in some patients with schizophrenia.

Immunology
News

Covid-19 antibody treatments and new variants

A new paper provides the physical basis for why approved antibody therapeutics are not working in neutralising the recent variants of concern, such as Omicron and its subvariants.

Microbiology & Virology
News

Large-scale data integration

A Chinese research team has proposed a new algorithm (NetMoss) for efficient integration of large-scale microbiome data and biomarker identification.

Microbiology & Virology
News

Genetic test can diagnose immune system disorders

Investigators have used next-generation sequencing to test a DNA panel of 130 different immune system genes from 22 study participants.

Immunology
News

Early disease detection using DNA droplets

A group of scientists has developed a computational DNA droplet with the ability to recognise specific combinations of chemically synthesised microRNAs (miRNAs) that act as biomarkers of tumours.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
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