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Delegates to the upcoming IBMS Congress will hear the views, thoughts and opinions of the best in their field, and will leave the Tuesday Plenary session with a clearer understanding of what is happening in pathology.

The C40 Benchtop steriliser is the first model to be launched by Priorclave as part of its new BASE range of research-grade laboratory autoclaves.

A recent survey showed that 94% of practising surgeons in the UK have either been personally affected by a needlestick injury (NSI) or have seen a colleague experience one.

CliniSys has announced the recent acquisition of HORIZON Lab Systems and the combination with Sunquest Information Systems, as CliniSys.

New research has revealed that further intervention methods may be required to reduce the transmission of malaria throughout certain parts of Africa in order to combat the daytime-biting species of mosquito found there.

A joint SHOT and NCA webinar will run on Tuesday 15 February 2022 (14:00–15:00 GMT).

Torrey Pines Scientific has launched its EchoTherm Model IC20XR Compact Peltier driven, Chilling/Heating Dry Bath. It can freeze, chill or heat samples from –10°C to 110°C at your work station.

The field of medical research has its share of crises. They may seem small-scale compared with the existential crisis of climate change, in part because a crisis in medical research does not have immediate life and death consequences.

As part of the upcoming Biomedical Science Congress, the IBMS has organised a full exhibition hall programme of talks and seminars, with a principal focus on education and training.

The 37th Annual Microbiology Conference of the British Society for Microbial Technology (BSMT) is scheduled to take place on Thursday 12 May 2022 at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.

ASC Therapeutics has announced the peer-reviewed, open-access publication of “Hemophilia A Gene Therapy: Current and Next-Generation Approaches” in the journal Expert Opinion in Biological Therapy.

A joint SHOT and NCA webinar will run on Tuesday 15 February 2022 (14:00–15:00 GMT).

Indica Labs, a provider of computational pathology software and services, has announced that its HALO AP has received CE marking for use in primary diagnosis within the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK.

INTEGRA Biosciences is supporting vital translational research into diffuse intrinsic ponsglioma (DIPG) – a rare childhood brain tumour.

The delayed fourteenth iteration in the biennial Congress series will return to the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 14-17 March. In recent issues of Pathology in Practice, various brief previews of the four-day event have appeared.

Over-prescribing of antibiotics is a major contributor to increasing levels of antibiotic-resistant infections, with antibiotic prescription rates rising every winter.

Dovetail Genomics has announced details of a new study that shows inhibiting the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex prevents several oncogenes from being expressed and slows prostate cancer growth in cell and animal models.

Scientific and industrial imaging specialist Atik Cameras is streamlining production as Pedro Matos heads up Atik Cameras production facilities in Lisbon.

Biotium has announced the release of EMBER500 RNA Prestain Loading Dye, which is much more sensitive than conventional prestaining with ethidium bromide (EtBr), and is compatible with blue LED gel imagers.

BIVDA, the UK’s national association for the manufacturers and distributors of in vitro (IVD) products, welcomes the adoption of amended transitional provisions of the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation.