PrecisionLife has appointed Bill Keating as chief commercial officer for diagnostics and healthcare, marking a significant step in the company’s expansion of its Mechanostic testing platform for complex chronic diseases. The Oxford-based precision medicine company announced the appointment on 8 January 2025, signalling an intensified focus on commercialising its non-invasive genotypic testing capabilities.

Roche has announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire the San Diego-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Poseida Therapeutics, marking a significant expansion of its cell therapy portfolio. The acquisition, valued at up to US$1.5 billion, builds upon an existing partnership established in 2022 and aims to accelerate the development of off-the-shelf CAR-T cell therapies.

South West London Pathology (SWLP) has initiated a comprehensive modernisation of its clinical blood science services, beginning with the installation of state-of-the-art analysers at Croydon Hospital. This development marks the first phase of a broader implementation strategy across the SWLP network, encompassing clinical chemistry, haematology, coagulation, serology, and pre-analytical automation systems.

Scientists have discovered how extracellular vesicles maintain their structural integrity during cellular transport through blood vessels and bodily fluids, revealing a critical role for specialised ion channels that regulate internal conditions.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers have developed an advanced artificial intelligence model that can simultaneously identify and classify cells in complex tissue samples, potentially transforming how diseases are studied and diagnosed at the cellular level.