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Hands On Lateral Flow workshop – GADx Basic course in Lateral Flow Development

GADx are running a three day course in March 2024 which aims to provide a personalised hands-on experience to empower you with knowledge and skills in lateral flow development. The basic course is suited to those at the beginning of their lateral flow journey through to early career lateral flow practitioners. The course is ideally suited to small and medium-sized…
Ben Kemp
December 15, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 9 – 15 December

Oxford University blood test could unlock earlier Parkinson's treatment Patients could benefit from earlier treatment for Parkinson’s disease following the development of a new blood test from researchers at the University of Oxford. The test screens people at risk of Parkinson’s disease by using a biomarker called alpha-synuclein – a protein which Oxford researchers have already demonstrated has an elevated…
Ben Kemp
December 15, 2023
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UK public want political parties to make research funding a priority ahead of the GE

Data released by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) demonstrates public appetite for more political focus on R&D. The polling, carried out as part of CaSE’s Discovery Decade programme by research agency Public First in October 2023, also found that a majority (70% of 1,094) would support a proposal to build a new laboratory for carrying out R&D on…
Ben Kemp
December 15, 2023
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World AMR Awareness Week 2023 radio appearances

On Wednesday, I had the honour of appearing on two radio shows to mark the significance of World AMR Awareness Week 2023. Engaging with different hosts and audiences to raise awareness of the growing threat that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents to global health was a truly rewarding experience. I felt incredibly proud to discuss BIVDA’s role in highlighting the crucial…
Ben Kemp
November 24, 2023
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“How to innovate in health – applying implementation sciences”

The Academy of Medical Sciences hosted the 2023 Sir Colin Dollery Lecture in London on Thursday called "How to innovate in health - applying implementation sciences."   Sir Colin was a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine, and a founder Fellow of the Academy. The lecture is named in memory of Sir Colin's contribution to biomedical and health research and this lecture formed part of…
Ben Kemp
November 24, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 18 – 24 November

Jenny Harries addresses UKHSA Conference with AMR speech ‘Something which is a national threat to each one of us and our families, but importantly is also a problem which has different characteristics, which only joint working can solve, which everyone in this room can contribute to mitigating and where a loss of focus will mean huge loss of life –…
Ben Kemp
November 23, 2023
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New £1.8m urology centre to offer same day tests

The new £1.8m centre at Kettering General Hospital will provide same-day tests to patients, improving convenience and resulting in quicker diagnoses for cancer and other conditions. The opening of the centre was in response to urology referrals rising by over a quarter in five years. Specialist staff will also arrive in the spring, which should further help to speed up…
Ben Kemp
November 23, 2023
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REMINDER: Competition 24 – Delivering a Net Zero NHS for a Healthier Future has launched

A reminder that the Competition 24 - Delivering a Net Zero NHS for a Healthier Future has launched. The competition is a standalone competition aimed at early-stage innovations to accelerate the development of greener innovations towards a more sustainable healthcare system. The early-stage development contracts are for a maximum of 12 months and from £50,000- £100,000 (NET) per project. Sign…
Ben Kemp
November 3, 2023
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ISO/PWI 24051-2 Medical laboratories — Part 2: Digital pathology and artificial intelligence (AI)-based image analysis

Deadline: 28 November Scope This document specifies requirements and gives recommendations for the digitalization of slidemounted, stained sections, processing of digital whole slide images, and artificial intelligence (AI) based image analysis to support anatomical pathology examination. This document focuses on sections from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues (derived e.g. from surgical resection, biopsy or autopsy). It is also applicable to paraffin-embedded…
Ben Kemp
November 2, 2023
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ISO/PWI 24051-1 Medical laboratories — Part 1: General principles for the application of artificial intelligence in medical laboratories

Deadline: 28 November Scope This document specifies general principles for the application of artificial intelligence in the medical laboratory. This document is applicable to methods commonly considered subsets of artificial intelligence, including fuzzy logic, Bayesian networks, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, expert systems, robotics, natural language processing and image analysis.   Purpose Artificial intelligence refers to…
Ben Kemp
November 2, 2023
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