Chris Bird
Freelance Journalist

Medical Laboratory World
Piers Devereux became Chief Executive Officer of Olympus UK, with particular responsibility for life science and diagnostic products, in January. This is his first interview since he was appointed. (more…)

Newcastle is a city with a strong tradition of muscular dystrophy research. The Newcastle Muscle Centre offers a service to patients throughout the North of England, but it is also recognized internationally for research and diagnosis, particularly in the limb girdle muscular dystrophies. (more…)

Target MD
“For us DNA is everything” replies Professor Francesco Muntoni when I ask him about the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA. (more…)

Thalassaemia is a disorder of blood not muscle but a new treatment currently on trial in Toronto looks very promising and could point the way to a possible therapy for muscular dystrophy. (more…)

Many people have one or two great loves in their life but Professor Bob Fryer, Chief Executive of the fledgling NHSU, already has three and now he wants a fourth. (more…)

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Doctor (2006) and MLW (2007) 2007

Sonia Shah’s latest book, The Body Hunters – testing new drugs on the world’s poorest patients, investigates the growing trend for drug companies to conduct clinical trials in poor countries where patients often face a stark choice; be experimented on or die from lack of medicine. (more…)