July/August 2020

Science

Loss of smell

Through analysing new data collected through an app, Professor Sebastien Ourselin and colleagues have gained new insights into COVID-19 symptoms.

Microbiology & Virology

News

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.

Microbiology & Virology

Science

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.

News

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.

Haematology & Transfusion Science

News

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

Science

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.

Science

COVID-19: a report from Melbourne, Australia

Medical Scientist Eileen Kelly reports on the impact of COVID-19 in Melbourne and the way the pandemic has been dealt with.

Microbiology & Virology

News

Detecting motor neurone disease

Scientists have identified a potential pattern within blood that signals the presence of motor neurone disease.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

News

Infecting lab mice with SARS-CoV-2

A major hurdle to developing and testing new anti-viral therapies and vaccines for COVID-19 is the lack of good, widely available animal models of the disease. But an international team of researchers has developed a simple tool that they hope will help resolve this issue.

Microbiology & Virology

Resources

Editorial: the need for interaction

Sarah May, the Deputy Chief Executive of the IBMS, on the value of shared experiences.