Volume 57 No.12
December 2013
CONTENTS Institute of Biomedical Science
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LEADER All I want for Christmas is…
NEWS A laboratory visit; Professional indemnity National Laboratory Medicine Catalogue; Chartered Scientist
SCIENCE REVIEW Oesophagogastric cancer and VEGF: an update
CONGRESS A tsunami of obesity
Haematology and transfusion science
ARTICLES Metro-POCT: training on track for the future – Barry Hill
How to improve service without increasing cost – Susie Peachey The Great Pox: a history of syphilis and its treatment
Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis and Blastocystis hominis from stool samples – Lisa Toole
REPORTS
Antibiotics: an All-Party Parliamentary Health Group meeting – Ruhi Siddiqui Autophagy regulation: recent research and new technologies – Vignir Helgason For the kids: innovation in paediatric screening and diagnosis – Tony Sackville
EDUCATION AND TRAINING Diploma of Expert Practice in Mohs Histological Procedures: introducing a new IBMS examination within cellular pathology – Guy Orchard
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Guide to activities
Helping it work better for you
MEMBERSHIP ROUND-UP Portfolio training days (18 or 19 December)
Qualifications timetable 2014 South East Wales branch Region and branch events
INDUSTRY UPDATES CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS DECEMBER 2013
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Autophagy and CML, see page 722
A tsunami of obesity, see page 699
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