What are bone tumors? Bone tumors form when a bone cell divides uncontrollably and forms a mass or tumor. Osmosis covers Bone tumors – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology. […]
Osmosis: what are bone tumours?
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Synchronising brain waves key to how and why we pay attention
Synchronising brain waves key to how and why we pay attention: New findings from researchers at the University of Melbourne and the German Primate Centre have revealed how interactions between electrical waves within the brain may be vital to information processing in the brain. Electrical waves – or oscillations of neural activity, traditionally recorded to […]
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IBMS statement on blood tube shortage
IBMS statement on blood tube shortage: The UK’s pathology services are experiencing major disruptions to their supplies of blood test tubes due to the ‘just in time’ manufacturing model and an over reliance on a limited number of suppliers of the test tubes. Therefore, the routine maintenance closure of the Becton Dickinson factory, along with […]
Breast cancer – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
What is breast cancer? Breast cancer, or breast carcinoma, is an uncontrolled growth of epithelial cells within the breast. by Osmosis. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. Transcript Breast cancer or breast carcinoma is an uncontrolled growth of epithelial cells within the breast. It’s the second […]
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Mayo Clinic digital pathology enterprise
The Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology has initiated an enterprise-wide implementation of the Sectra digital slide review and image storage and management system to enable digital pathology as part of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives. “As Mayo Clinic continues to lead the transformation of health care delivery and accessibility, […]
Surgical approach to a malignant appendix
At this year’s ESCP annual conference in Berlin which takes place in September, consultant surgeon Brendan Moran will lead a session looking at how to deal with a malignant appendix. ‘Colorectal surgeons will occasionally encounter an appendix tumour during surgery. Finding such tumours is even more likely when performing emergency surgery. These tumours could be […]