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Biomedical science is one of the broadest areas of modern science and underpins much of modern medicine - from determining the blood requirements of critically ill patients to identifying outbreaks of infectious diseases to monitoring biomarkers in cancer. Biomedical science staff mostly work in healthcare laboratories diagnosing diseases and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment by analysing fluids and tissue samples from patients. They provide the 'engine room' of modern medicine - 70% of diagnoses in the NHS are based on pathology results provided by laboratory services. Handling over 150 million samples in the UK each year, every person at some point in their lives will benefit from the services of a biomedical scientist. If you have ever had a urine, blood, tissue or other sample taken by a doctor or nurse, chances are it will have been diagnosed by a biomedical scientist.
The IBMS team have put together some videos to show you more about our work. You can watch them at any time.
Histology
Histology is the study of tissue, we get small routine biopsies, urgent biopsies where cancer is suspected all the way through to surgical resections where a whole or large part of an organ is removed. Slides are produced from the tissue, stained and looked at down a microscope.
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Cytology
Cytology is the study of cells from body fluids, which can include aspirate (a collection of cells from a cyst or mass), urine and sputum. Cells are collected and transferred to a slide where they are stained and looked at down a microscope.
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Blood Science
Blood sciences covers various disciplines from biochemistry who analyse the chemicals in your serum and help monitor conditions such as diabetes and can measure the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide (blood gases) in those patients admitted with asthma. Haematology study whole blood and look at diseases such as anaemia, malaria and leukaemia. Blood bank who are essential in providing blood and blood products for transfusions, organ transplants and also emergencies that come into A&E (to name a few). Lastly immunology who test for allergies and can help patients determine which allergens to avoid. These disciplines also have many other sub-specialities within them
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COVID-19
Covid-19 testing is such a topical subject at the moment, these videos take you on a tour around the covid-19 testing labs where you will get to see how a swab is processed using PCR.
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Microbiology
Microbiology is an important department as they help healthcare professionals determine if someone has an infection or not. If they do which antibiotic (if any) to prescribe. This is such an important role considering the rise of antimicrobial resistant bacteria (also called SUPERBUGS!!!) which can cause infections that are more challenging to treat.
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