July 2023

News

CT scans for predicting heart disease risk

CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person’s risk for a heart disease than genetics, according to a new US study.

Resources

Point-of-care testing

IBMS Chief Executive David Wells says diagnostic testing is the expert domain of our members, whatever the setting.

Resources

My lab: The foodborne pathogens reference service

Healthcare Scientist Sacha Bhuchar gives a guided tour of the Foodborne Pathogens Reference Service at UKHSA Colindale in London.

Clinical Chemistry
Resources

Here to help: Get involved in #IBMSchat

IBMS Communications Officer Ayesha Pindoria highlights the recent changes to #IBMSChat and how members can get involved and choose topics of discussion.

Pathology quality managers: who are they?

Cellular Pathology Quality Section Manager Leslie Ramos gives a quick guide to what the role involves.

The power of storytelling

Healthcare activist, speaker and author Sue Robins explains why patient stories are so powerful and the impact they can have on both patients and healthcare staff.

Science

The monoclonal gammopathy lab tool

Mairi Whiston, Early Diagnosis Senior Projects Officer at Myeloma UK, outlines a new tool to help laboratories with myeloma testing practices.

Haematology & Transfusion Science

The big question: The next pandemic

This month we ask: “After COVID, what should we be doing to prepare for the next pandemic?”

Microbiology & Virology

How germs made history

Jonathan Kennedy discusses his new book, from diseases plaguing the Roman Empire to the fall out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

News

“Lost” immune cells and reduced vaccine response

New research has explained that the organisation of the germinal centre – which is vital to the generation of longer-lived protection following vaccination – is altered with ageing.

Immunology
News

Under the microscope:Possum faeces

This month: Possum faeces

Microbiology & Virology
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