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Volume 26 Issue 2 April 2025
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England Rare Diseases Action Plan to enhance research and treatment
COVER ARTICLE
The advantages of ready-to-use stain kits in the laboratory
NEWS ARTICLES
BSMT Annual Conference – Laboratory Microbial Diagnostics: Current and Future Practice
The 40th BSMT Annual Microbiology Conference: exhibition preview
Process mapping, FMEA and FTA: practical approaches to risk assessment
RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre, see page 48
Flow cytometry and AI: shaping the future of haematological diagnostics
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC): a diagnostic conundrum
Blood gas breakthrough: haemolysis detection at the point of care
Preparing for another pandemic: RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre
Avian influenza virus infection, see page 53
Avian influenza virus infection: a selection of research interest
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