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Muti-cancer blood tests could prevent 50% of cases reaching late stage

A single blood test, designed to pick up chemical signals indicative of the presence of many different types of cancer, could thwart progression to advanced disease while the malignancy is still at an early stage and amenable to treatment in up to half of cases, suggests a new study.

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North Bristol to establish reference site for Fujifilm’s Synapse Pathology platform
North Bristol to establish reference site for Fujifilm’s Synapse Pathology platform

North Bristol NHS Trust and Fujifilm Healthcare Europe are to continue their long-standing relationship, with the establishment of a reference site agreement for the UK featuring the Synapse Pathology solution to support Bristol’s innovative...

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Proof of concept for HIV vaccination
Proof of concept for HIV vaccination

Researchers at Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) have taken a big step towards a vaccine for HIV after its first in-human assessment of germline-targeting strategy with a trimer displays positive results.

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Dr Harry Chown Announced as the 2025 Winner of the Tony Trinci Award
Dr Harry Chown Announced as the 2025 Winner of the Tony Trinci Award

The Microbiology Society, together with the British Mycological Society, has announced Dr Harry Chown of Imperial College London, UK, as the winner of the 2025 Tony Trinci Award.

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Novel cell analyser features breakthrough imaging technologies
Novel cell analyser features breakthrough imaging technologies

Becton Dickinson (BD) has announced the global commercial launch of the world's first cell analyser featuring breakthrough spectral and real-time cell imaging technologies.

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IBMS Congress 2025: Linking learning to the laboratory
IBMS Congress 2025: Linking learning to the laboratory

The countdown is on, with the 2025 IBMS Congress set to open its doors on 22 September. Here IBMS Vice President Sarah May presents a roundup of the key features of this year’s event.

Risk-based validation and verification in medical laboratories: an overview
Risk-based validation and verification in medical laboratories: an overview

The third in Stephen MacDonald’s latest series of articles focuses this month on the use of risk-based approaches and the application of methods such as FMEA, FTA, RCA and Process Mapping.

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Efficient slide scanning with Hamamatsu’s new NanoZoomer S540MD
Efficient slide scanning with Hamamatsu’s new NanoZoomer S540MD

Imaging technology firm Hamamatsu Photonics has announced the release of the new NanoZoomer S540MD slide scanner system.

Industry-first modular spectral flow cytometry solution
Industry-first modular spectral flow cytometry solution

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has launched a modular spectral flow cytometry system, the CytoFLEX mosaic Spectral Detection Module, which the company says is an industry first.

Una Health introduces QuikRead go Plus
Una Health introduces QuikRead go Plus

Una Health has launched the QuikRead go Plus, the latest advancement in rapid diagnostic technology from Aidian, promising an upgraded user interface and enhanced connectivity.

Novel measles antibody detection assay
Novel measles antibody detection assay

Revvity has announced the launch of EUROIMMUN’s CE-marked Anti-Measles Virus ELISA 2.0 (IgG) to support the diagnosis of a measles virus infection or to determine the immune status against measles virus.

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Launch Diagnostics is one of the major independent distributors in the U.K, providing high quality diagnostic reagents and instrumentation from world leading manufacturer’s to the Health Services of the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and North Africa and to the Republic of Ireland through ACCUSAY Diagnostics.
 

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Clinical and Laboratory Haemostasis 2025

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