People of pathology

Bacteria doesn’t take a Christmas break, so nor does microbiology

Mitchell Brown has been in the bug business for about 18 years and is now a Senior Hospital Scientist of a General Microbiology Unit. He wor
People of pathology

Google and the Gram: celebrating the stain used in every laboratory

On 13th September the daily Google Doodle celebrated the 166th birthday of Hans Christian Gram – the man behind the Gram stain. Develop
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Climate change: resurrecting ancient diseases and creating new ones

A new Ebola related virus spread by bats has been located in China. Known as the Měnglà virus after the region in which it was discovere
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Outbreak: what would happen if a pandemic disease swept the nation?

What if a contagion swept Victoria? We’re not talking here about the electoral wipe-out suffered by a certain major party in the November
Pathology Explained

CARAlert nothing to do with cars, everything to do with pathology

What is CARAlert and why do we need it? CARAlert stands for Critical Antimicrobial Resistance Alert; a national initiative involving 73 p
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A race against the clock for infection detectives in Queensland

Gold Coast Health Microbiologist, Dr Sam Maloney was about to go away on 2 weeks’ leave when an unusual bacterium turned up in his laborat
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Breaking the mould with Agar Art

If you’ve ever forgotten a loaf of bread in the bread tin whilst on holidays, you’ll know some of the fantastic colours and patterns tha
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Pathology saves the day when cosmetic surgery goes awry

This Medical Mystery is courtesy of Dr Allison Bond, a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. It has been adapted
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WA scientists find the bacterial version of Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak

Harry Potter used his father's invisibility cloak to fight evil and revel in the odd school-boy prank along the way. But it seems multi-re
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Beautiful glass sculptures reveal the delicate nature of viruses

Many people are familiar with the stunning colour-saturated close up images of viruses and bacteria often found in media and TV shows. But d