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The vaccine race
With more than 150 COVID-19 vaccines in development, we put the three front-runners under the microscope and look at the incredible, unprecedented development work of the last year.
My Lab: One unified department
Deputy Quality Manager Richard Lovie gives a guided tour of the laboratories at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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IBMS contributes to Parliamentary pandemic report
Following the IBMS evidence submission and President Allan Wilson’s presentation to an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) coronavirus inquiry, a parliamentary report has been published.
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Histopathology qualification funding
The IBMS has announced new funding support for Institute members undertaking IBMS/RCPath histopathology qualifications.
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Health Secretary's letter of thanks
At the end of last year Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, wrote a letter of gratitude to Testing Programme colleagues across the UK. It is as follows:
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Do people trust vaccines?
With mass immunisation programmes now here, Dr Daisy Fancourt talks us through research that shows worrying levels of public suspicion around vaccines.
The big question: molecular diagnostics
“Do you think the more we edge towards molecular diagnostics, the higher the likelihood that we will see biomedical science disciplines phased out in the future?”
Smallpox, salmonella and sacrifice
Stephen Mortlock looks back at the history of the Aztec civilisation, the diseases that struck and the treatments that were created.
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Here to help: a constructive legacy
Jocelyn Pryce, IBMS Deputy Head of Education, hopes to build on the successful progress made during 2020.
