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NHS takes steps to minimise impact of blood tube shortage

September 9, 2021
The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has delivered a clarification statement regarding the shortage of blood test tubes and the resulting backlog in patient testing. While the situation will have...

UK vaccination programme: More to be done!

September 9, 2021
Think tanks calls for Government to continue momentum from COVID-19 vaccination programme as winter flu season approaches "The COVID-19 vaccination programme has allowed the nation to tentatively recover from the...

UK launches national antibody surveillance programme

August 25, 2021
For the first time, UK Health Security Agency to launch UK-wide antibody surveillance programme for the general public. Antibody testing will now be offered to adults across the UK who...

COVID-19 may impact fight-or-flight response in young adults

August 9, 2021
New collaborative research using microneurography suggests COVID-19 may alter the fight-or-flight response in young adults, potentially distrupting many bodily processes and providing insight into 'long-COVID' symptoms. Pain response, lung function,...

Are all mammals just copy cats? Felines to play a key role in human genetics

July 30, 2021
The feline genome is ordered similarly to humans according to one veterinary medicine expert. So, cats have the potential to be a valuable model organism for geneticists to help understand...

One drug to treat them all: towards a ‘master’ coronavirus treatment

July 22, 2021
Researchers seek and find that precious drug-binding pocket that is so essential to the coronavirus protein function that it cannot be mutated, and therefore remains accessible across all strains. Using...

New report recommends antibody testing within the Covid-19 vaccination programme

July 8, 2021
Antibody testing can be used to identify the minority of people who have a sub-optimal response to Covid-19 vaccination, this is estimated to be up to 10 per cent of...

Olympic Games highlights global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination progress

July 5, 2021
With the rescheduled 2020 Olympic games set for July and August this year, the low vaccination rates in Japan and the impending influx of local spectators to the events could...

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