Lab Rat or Button Monkey? http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk Under the white coat Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en New Method presentation http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/11/19/new-method-presentation/ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/11/19/new-method-presentation/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:54:26 +0000 dapo http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/?p=78 This is the presentation file I promised earlier.  I hope to write up some notes to accompany the presentation as there was extra detail in more talk that was absent from the slides.  I always feel that a presentation ends up boring if the talk is just someone reading slide content.

presentation

Note: The file uses the Open Document Format.

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I saw this story in The Register and thought it deserved wider coverage.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/01/isotopes_supplies_threatened/

Note: I had this as a page rather than a post.  I have now changed this but the time of the post is a bit out!

]]> http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/11/15/medical-reactor-goes-down/feed/ Validating a new method http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/11/05/validating-a-new-method/ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/11/05/validating-a-new-method/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:32:04 +0000 dapo http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/?p=72 I have recently had to do a presentation on validating a new method.  I will post the presentation here soon.  Note: The presentation was done using openoffice and is the odp open file format.

I will also try to contribute more than I have.  My life has been busy and I will try to find 5 minutes here and there to add some minor content.

]]> http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/11/05/validating-a-new-method/feed/ Hospitals ‘infested with vermin’ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/hospitals-infested-with-vermin/ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/hospitals-infested-with-vermin/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:43:41 +0000 dapo http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/?p=68 I am surprised by this report.  I don’t know whether the figures are a ‘real’ disaster or part of political fighting, as the report is by the Conservative Party.  I don’t know wether the figures are part of a trend or not.  The figures may actually be lower than five or ten years ago, its the size the of the NHS that could make the figures look bad.

I do find it worrying about that one trust has had 1000 + incidents in two years, which is getting close to two a day.

]]> http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/hospitals-infested-with-vermin/feed/ Maggots could help in MRSA battle http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/maggots-could-help-in-mrsa-battle/ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/maggots-could-help-in-mrsa-battle/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:31:01 +0000 dapo http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/?p=66 This is an interesting use of maggots.  I have heard of the use of maggots at removing dead tissue etc but to collect the secretions to use as a potential antibiotic is an interesting proposition.

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]]> http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/07/29/alzheimers-drug-halts-decline/feed/ The dangers of too much detox http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/07/27/the-dangers-of-too-much-detox/ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/07/27/the-dangers-of-too-much-detox/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:00:12 +0000 dapo http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/?p=59 Too much water can be a bad thing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7521137.stm

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