February 2021

News

Prostate cancer genetics study shows disparities

Risk of prostate cancer is about 75% higher, and more than twice as deadly, in men of African ancestry compared with men of European ancestry.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

News

POCT for COVID-19

A new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to less than five and delivers accurate results has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham.

Microbiology & Virology

News

Response to COVID-19 reduced in patients with blood cancers

Patients with blood cancers vary in their immune response to COVID-19 and can struggle to clear infection for many weeks, according to new research published in Cancer Cell.

Microbiology & Virology

Science

The great big biomedical quiz (Kip Heath special)

For the first instalment of our biomedical science quiz in 2021, we hand the reigns over to healthcare scientist and contestant on a number of TV quizzes, Kip Heath. (Click on the link at the bottom of the quiz to see the answers.)

Microbiology & Virology

Science

The British Journal of Biomedical Science: Issue 1 2021, synopsis

Deputy Editor Anthony Rhodes provides a brief glimpse of the articles on offer in the first issue of 2021.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

Science

Creating a COVID laboratory

Microbiology Service Lead Susan Lovegrove outlines the process of creating a new PCR laboratory at Black Country Pathology Services.

Microbiology & Virology

Science

Medical eponmys pt4: Hodgkin disease

This is the fourth is a series of short biographies of persons whose names are directly used for diseases, conditions or syndromes familiar to those in clinical pathology labs. Their names are most often used because they made highly significant contributions to the discovery and understanding of the disease.

Histopathology

Science

Digital pathology in the time of COVID

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Chloe Knowles looks at digital pathology and remote working during the pandemic.

Histopathology

Science

Strains and mutations: The emerging threat

Is the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and the emerging variants going to effect attempts to inoculate against the virus? We look at the issues.

Microbiology & Virology

Science

How infectious are asymptomatic COVID-19 cases?

A Wuhan study suggests that when coronavirus has been brought under control, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients do not pass on the virus.

Microbiology & Virology

Science

The big question: The future and zoonotic pandemics

This month we ask “Is COVID-19 a one-off, or will there be more zoonotic epidemics and pandemics in the years to come?”

Microbiology & Virology