March 2023

COVID-19 immune response over time

Immunity from COVID-19 appears to gather strength with more time between vaccination and infection, a new laboratory study from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) suggests. The findings carry implications for vaccine recommendations as the pandemic transitions to an endemic state.

Accurately predicting delirium in intensive care

More than one-third of all people admitted to hospital, and as many as 80% of all patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), develop delirium, it is reported.

Test for Alzheimer’s 3.5 years before diagnosis

New research has established a blood-based test that could be used to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease up to 3.5 years before clinical diagnosis.

The big question: How worried should we still be about COVID-19?

This month we ask: “How worried should we still be about COVID-19?”

I didn't see the sky

A Ukrainian biomedical scientist talks about her experiences working in a war zone and moving to the UK.

Tech news: March 2023

This month's top tech news stories

“Cardiovascular deaths increased with COVID-19”

More people in the US died from cardiovascular-related causes in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, than in any year since 2003, according to the American Heart Association’s 2023 update.

How to... inspire change

Phil Cummings, an Advanced Biomedical Scientist and Training Manager, navigates the complex worlds of leadership and management.

Autoimmune diseases revisited pt.1

Following articles on Addison’s, Crohn’s and Graves, this review describes some significant historical developments in our understanding of autoimmunity.

ISO 15189:2022 transition

Alyson Bryant, Healthcare Accreditation Specialist at the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), with an update for laboratories.

One health: seeing the whole ecosystem

With One Health gaining increasing prominence in research and the media, we look at the driving factors behind the concept and ask what action may need to be taken.

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