September 2018

My lab: morecambe bay blood sciences

Biomedical Scientist Danny Gaskin gives a guided tour of his blood sciences lab at Furness General Hospital.

Here to help: an evidence-based approach

Jocelyn Pryce, Head of Registration and Training at the IBMS, says keeping your portfolio pristine may not be the best way forward.

Journal-based learning exercises

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$32M FOR AI DRUGS DISCOVERY START-UP

A Silicon Valley AI and genomics start-up has netted $32m in its first round of funding.

HOW WELL DO CANCER DRUGS HIT THEIR TARGETS?

Scientists have developed a technique that allows them to measure how well cancer drugs reach their targets in the body.

“CANCEROUS CELLS WORK TOGETHER TO INFILTRATE THE BRAIN”

Scientists have discovered that cancerous cells in an aggressive type of childhood brain tumour work together to infiltrate the brain.

ATOMISING DISINFECTANTS FOR HOSPITALS

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a device that diffuses potent disinfectants for airborne delivery.

Predicting HIV transmission

Computer simulations can accurately predict the transmission of HIV across populations, say US scientist.

MAGNETS ISOLATE CIRCULATING TUMOUR CELLS

Scientists claim that magnets could be used in the body to detect tumour cells that other diagnostic techniques might miss.

Sniffing out cancer

Claire Guest, Co-founder of Medical Detection Dogs, explains how canines could have an important role in discovering disease.

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