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30 November 2016 (Wednesday) - IBMS Newsletter

The IBMS newsletter came by email this morning. All sorts of info including:

IBMS Updates

 

IBMS retirees can claim retired membership rate
IBMS concessionary rates available
Imtiaz Ali's poster prize on platelet fraction
PHE issues National user manual template
IBMS gains new student affiliate society
ECC lectures available online
 

Links of the month

 

HIV test performed on USB stick
DIY diagnosis of illness is dangerous trend, say pharmacists
Experts raise alarm over declining effect of last-line antibiotics
UK team of health experts to tackle global disease outbreaks
Old Blood as Good as New for Transfusions, Study Finds
Two antibiotics fight bacteria differently than thought
Superfast therapy cracks multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Engineers design a new weapon against bacteria
Tumour cells in blood samples could predict prostate cancer spread
The Road to Perfect EQA?
'War on superbugs' like E. coli announced by government
Method to detect the presence toxoplasmosis parasite


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