May 2020

More effective stem cell transplant

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

"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.

"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.

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.

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.

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?”

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.

New genetic cell insights

Researchers have developed the first computational model of a human cell and simulated its behaviour for 15 minutes.

Giant cavity discovered in TB molecule

Scientists have discovered a strange new feature of a protein that is thought to be important in the development of tuberculosis.

May science news in numbers

A breakdown of science news this month, in numbers.

Respect for the profession

Deputy Chief Executive of the IBMS Sarah May feels both joy and despair at recent reactions to COVID-19.

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