Exploring Myeloma: A laboratory case study
Hi everyone, welcome back to another blog post!! This is my first post of 2024 as I have been focusing on my training the laboratory and doing a lot of outreach talks. I do hope you all enjoy this post, so sit back, grab a cuppa and happy reading!! What is Myeloma? Myeloma, also known…
What if an apple a day doesn’t keep the doctor away?
It has been a long time since I have written a case study and posted on my blog page. Life got in the way and I guess I took a step back to just enjoy and breathe. But here is a case study, so, sit back grab a cuppa and HAPPY reading!! Pollen Food Allergy…
A Letter Series
Dear Past Me Hi everyone, welcome, to my new series of blogs called “Dear Past Me. ”I want to aim this series towards students, graduates and those that have never set foot in the laboratory. Before I started working in the laboratory I didn’t know a lot of things from Quality controls to the use…
A Letter on Quality Controls
Dear Past Me, Life in the laboratory is good. A little hectic, but when is it not a hectic day, right? I am currently getting trained on the Phadia 250 and it has many different quality controls. So, this letter is written explain what a Quality Control is. Quality control in the medical laboratory is…
Dread of the Bread
Welcome back to another Immunology case study. This case study is on Coeliac Disease. So, sit back, grab a cuppa and happy reading! What is Coeliac? Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease of the intestine caused by the consumption of gluten. The immune system reacts to gluten, gliadin and glutenin proteins found in wheat. This…
My Journey
Part 1 After the completion of my degree, I started working at Manchester Royal Infirmary as a Medical Laboratory Assistant in Central Specimen Reception. Central specimen reception is where the laboratory receives all the different types of patient samples. This ranges from urine, CSF, swabs, sputum and blood samples. Once the samples have been received…
A case in Lymphoma
Welcome back to a new case study. This case study shows the work out laboratory does for a patients with lymphoma. So sit back and grab a cuppa!! A patient sample was run on our Navios Flow Cytometer. Results were obtained where the patient showed to have a CD19 (B cells) count result of <1…
Spotlight on: Sheri Scott; Senior Lecturer
Hello everyone, welcome back to another blog posts. Yes!! I have posted twice in under two weeks. Here is another interview to inspire and show people what biomedical scientist’s do. So, sit back, grab a cuppa and happy reading!!! Hi, welcome to A Muggels laboratory can you tell me your name and what your role…
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