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CONTENTS
Volume 26 Issue 5 August 2025
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The future of digital pathology: Why mimicking radiology will hinder progress
NEWS ARTICLES
Laboratory Microbial Diagnostics: Current and Future Practice
Passionate about pathology: Debra Padgett on leading from the front
Biobanking – supporting research with pathology techniques
Risk-based turnaround time management: a look at some important issues
Congress in microcosm: more examples of learning linked to the laboratory
IBMS Congress: previewing the UK’s largest biomedical science exhibition
IBMS Congress, preview starts on page 35
Cohesive diagnostic ecosystem in the spotlight at IBMS Congress
The burden of urinary tract infections: challenges and solutions
10-Year Health Plan: human phenotype ontology transformation
Is it time to bring mass spectrometry into the heart of routine diagnostics?
The future of biomarker research: accelerating innovations
Mass spectrometry, see page 61
Poliovirus surveillance: a selection of current research interest
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