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Collaboration to launch Leading Laboratories Recognition Program to help elevate quality patient care

November 1, 2021
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and The Joint Commission have established the Leading Laboratories Recognition Program – a designation that promotes laboratory leadership and helps elevate the visibility...

Potential new treatment for COVID-19 identified

November 1, 2021
Researchers have identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. In order to multiply, all viruses, including coronaviruses, infect cells and reprogramme...

How food and drink labs have adapted since COVID-19

October 27, 2021
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the mass stock-piling of food products like chicken, flour and eggs. This had a major knock-on effect on food and drinks...

Manufacture your own DNA… the easy way

October 26, 2021
In this over-burdened global market, many laboratories may be struggling to access a reliable supply of oligonucleotides. Here, Sylvain Gariel introduces the latest in Enzymatic DNA synthesis (EDS) technology enabling...

Shape-shifting worm blob model could inspire future robot swarms

October 26, 2021
Lumbriculus variegatus blackworms can aggregate into ‘blobs’ capable of collective movement. Researchers observed blackworms to model the behaviour of individual worms, as well as the formation and movement of blobs....

Genomics study reveals ancient Arabian populations played a greater role in early human migration

October 25, 2021
Researchers in Qatar have unveiled a high-resolution map of the genetic structure of Arab and Middle Eastern populations, providing new insights into human history in the region and ancestral patterns...

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies

October 22, 2021
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have been pinpointed by scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK. Research offers a way...

New mechanism that regulates the spread of breast cancer discovered

October 22, 2021
A research group at the University of Turku, Finland, has discovered a completely new mechanism that cells use to circulate integrins on the cell surface. Aggressive breast cancer cells exploit...

Four challenges to overcome for AI to thrive in medical imaging

October 20, 2021
With increased digitisation in medical clinics, comes increased reliance on AI-enabled tools to more efficiently assess and select diagnostic outcomes using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms based on machine learning techniques....

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