Science

LGBTQ inclusivity: fact or fiction?

Colin Mudd looks back over the last 40 years in this personal account of LGBTQ issues within the NHS and pathology workforce.

Delivering real-time PCR in histopathology

Clinical Scientist and Molecular Pathology Lead Siobhan Taylor looks at the experiences of implementing a new platform within a routine histopathology service and the impact it has had on patient care.

Histopathology

Histopathology reporting qualifications

Dr Joanne Horne and Dr Bryan Green look at the Healthcare Scientist Reporting Programme and developing an expert, collaborative histopathology team.

Histopathology

Is morphology dead?

Anas Nasir, a Specialist Biomedical Scientist in haematology and blood transfusion, puts the future of blood films under the microscope

Haematology & Transfusion Science

Thawing blood plasma

Quality and Training Supervisor Tola Elegbe on thawing times and haemostatic assessment.

Haematology & Transfusion Science

British Journal of Biomedical Science: issue 1 2020 – a synopsis

Deputy Editor Tony Rhodes provides a brief glimpse of the articles on offer in the first issue of 2020.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

Man vs machine

Hutan Ashrafian outlines a project that proved a computer algorithm to be as effective as human radiologists in spotting breast cancer from x-ray images.

The big question: "How could antibiotics be used more responsibly?"

This month we ask “How could antibiotics be used more responsibly?”

Microbiology & Virology

The big question: Are food allergies becoming more common, or is diagnosis improving?

This month we ask: ''Are food allergies becoming more common, or is diagnosis improving?''

My lab: specialised transplantation testing

Healthcare Scientist Liam Oates gives a guided tour of the Welsh Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory.

Immunology

Myelodysplastic syndromes

Haematology expert Professor Barbara Bain looks at morphology and the accurate diagnosis of the myelodysplastic syndromes.

Haematology & Transfusion Science