The Royal College of Pathologists has responded to The Health Foundation’s NHS Productivity Commission call for evidence, highlighting pathology’s central role in patient care and proposing four practical reforms to unlock efficiency and resilience.
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Management of risk: an action plan for pulling everything together
Stephen MacDonald concludes his series of articles on risk-based quality management by drawing together the various elements on which each of the previous seven articles focused.
Phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma: testing for rare neuroendocrine tumours
Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas develop from neuroendocrine chromaffin cells. Tumours developing from such cells are called phaeochromocytomas if found in the medulla of the adrenal gland, or paragangliomas if growing elsewhere in the body. Here, Pathology in Practice Science Editor Brian Nation looks at a selection of current research in the...
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ProtonDx's Dragonfly evaluated for identifying hidden malaria cases
A new study has shown that Dragonfly, a low-cost, rapid, molecular testing platform is successfully able to detect asymptomatic malaria infections.
New blood-based assay for Alzheimer's disease research
Precision proteomics firm Alamar Biosciences has announced the launch of the NULISAqpcr BD-pTau217 Assay, which it says is a transformative leap in blood-based quantification of brain-derived phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217)—a pivotal biomarker in Alzheimer's disease research and other tauopathies.
Ten-colour PCR platform bridges gap between PCR and NGS
Countable Labs has announced the launch of Countable 10, the first and only PCR platform capable of 10-color multiplexing. The new platform will extend the utility of the company’s core Countable PCR technology to enable higher level multiplexing that easily and cleanly reveals more insights in a single reaction.
Gestalt launches PathFlow update
Gestalt has announced the release of PathFlow Version 6, the latest evolution of its award-winning digital pathology platform.
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RSM / Path Soc 2026 Winter Meeting
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, London, W1G 0AE
20 - 21 January, 2026
BIVDA Regulatory Affairs Seminar
Grand Hotel, Birmingham
10 - 11 February, 2026
BDIAP Molecular Pathology Study Day
10 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ
2 March, 2026
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Henry B. González Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
21 - 26 March, 2026
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ICC Belfast, Northern Ireland
13 - 16 April, 2026