RECENT NEWS

Magentus, a provider of healthcare technology across the UK and Australia, has announced the acquisition of Labflow, a modern, cloud-native suite of pathology software products.

Roche’s first point-of-care test for the diagnosis of whooping cough (pertussis) and other Bordetella infections, has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) waiver, in addition to CE IVDR certification.

The British In Vitro Diagnostic Association (BIVDA) has announced the appointment of David Thorne as BIVDA’s Head of NHS Policy.

Healthcare AI firm Owkin has shared validation results for BRCAura RUO, a clinical-grade research-use-only AI product designed to screen for germline BRCA1/2 mutations (gBRCAm) directly from digitised breast cancer pathology slides.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced the global commercial release of new configurations of cell analysers featuring breakthrough spectral and real-time cell imaging technologies, enabling more laboratories in academia, pharma and biotech – across scales, needs and budgets – to advance discoveries in immunology, cancer immunotherapy and cell biology.

The UK’s clinical immunology and allergy workforce is under severe strain, with consultant shortages leaving some services extremely fragile, according to a new report by the British Society for Immunology Clinical Immunology Professional Network (BSI-CIPN).

A study of the human nasal microbiome has allowed scientists to rethink how bacterial communities interact in the nose.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its HIV Action Plan for England, 2025 to 2030, which sets out how the government will reach its ambition of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030.

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), has responded to the draft recommendation from the National Screening Committee (NSC) to implement a targeted prostate cancer screening programme for men with a confirmed BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant.

The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has opened a public consultation on prostate cancer screening, following its decision to not recommend population screening.

A new study led by the University of Cambridge and the University of Glasgow has discovered that bird influenza viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body’s ways of stopping viruses in their tracks.

Baroness Nicola Blackwood has been appointed as Chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS) a new service which aims to streamline NHS data access for approved researchers to develop new medicines and therapies.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel mRNA-based therapy designed to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Innotive Diagnostics has successfully won a £1m grant from PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy) to advance the development of its rapid urinary tract infection (UTI) point of care diagnostics system and InnotiveUTI test.

A major new study led by Imperial College London and supported by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has uncovered critical insights into the spread patterns of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), offering valuable intelligence to support global efforts to eradicate polio.

A national digital learning academy, designed to strengthen pathology education and training, has launched in Wales.

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.

The Chancellor will double down on the government’s commitment of continuing to slash NHS waiting times in the Autumn Budget - confirming the investment for hundreds of new Neighbourhood Health Centres that will deliver healthcare direct to people’s doorsteps across the country.

Leica Biosystems has announced a new strategic partnership with L7 Informatics, a pioneer in data unification and workflow orchestration for life sciences, to advance leading pathology informatics.

Patients with an aggressive form of leukaemia will be able to receive a breakthrough immunotherapy on the NHS that saw over three-quarters of patients go into remission in trials.