May 2020

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More effective stem cell transplant

Scientists have developed a new way to make blood stem cells present in the umbilical cord “more transplantable”.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
News

"AI research could pose risk for patients"

Many studies claiming that artificial intelligence (AI) is as good as, or better than, human experts at interpreting medical images are of poor quality and potentially exaggerated.

Histopathology
News

"Disasters lead to reductions in cancer screening"

Cervical cancer screening rates in Japan were significantly affected in the years following the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

Cytopathology
Science

COVID-19: a report from Malaysia and Singapore

Professor Anthony Rhodes and Dr Chooi Ling Lim discuss the COVID-19 spread and attempts to control the disease in Southeast Asia.

Microbiology & Virology
Science

The Great Pestilence

The Black Death was the first great pandemic to devastate these shores and, unlike COVID-19, there was a special horror in the fact no-one knew what it was, states writer Jonathan Lovett.

Microbiology & Virology
Science

COVID-19 statistics: an educated guess?

Adrian Esterman, Chair of Biostatistics at the University of South Australia’s Cancer Research Institute, asks: “Can we believe the statistics about COVID-19?”

Microbiology & Virology
Resources

Here to help: Virtual verification

IBMS Deputy Head of Education Jocelyn Pryce explains the new verification process and the impact that it had in just a few weeks.

News

Curative treatment for heart disease

Researchers trying to turn off a gene that allows cancers to spread have made a surprising U-turn.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
News

New antibiotic resistance gene

Aminoglycoside antibiotics are critically important for treating several types of infections with multi-resistant bacteria.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
News

Under the microscope: Plant-based diets

OK, I know what a plant-based diet is. Let's skip straight on to why it’s been in the news.

A review that has been published states that a plant-based diet can help prevent and manage asthma, while dairy products and high-fat foods raise the risk.

News

Crumpled graphene for cancer detection

Graphene-based biosensors could usher in an era of liquid biopsy for detecting DNA cancer markers circulating in a patient’s blood or serum.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics
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