September is blood cancer awareness month. There are 137 types of blood cancer which can be separated into lymphoma, leukaemia and myeloma – with Lymphoma being one of the most common cancers in UK (Bloodwise UK).

Lymphoma can affect anybody of any age and is almost always treatable once diagnosed. Symptoms depend on the type of Lymphoma – which can be Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin. Hodgkin Lymphoma patients have rare clonal malignant lacunar histiocytes know as Reed-Sternberg cells appear. These are large lymphocytes with more than one nucleus.

At Menarini we are proud to offer key antibodies which aid the identification of Lymphoma in patients by Immunohistochemistry analysis of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded tissues. Including the following:

• CD4 + CD8
• Kappa (M) + Lambda (P)
• CD3 [LN10]
• CD4 [4B12]
• CD5 (M)
• CD10
• CD30 (Ki-1)
• CD8 [C8/144B]
• SOX11 (M)

To read more about these take a look at our antibody fact sheet

Bloodwise.org.uk, https://bloodwise.org.uk/info-support/blood-cancer, Accessed [September][2019]

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in South Wales has published an article in Pathology in practice about their experiences in transforming their surgical specimen workflow with the adoption of TissueSAFE and SealSAFE technology. Their main driver for changes was concerns of health effects of formalin exposure of trust staff.

Read more: Formalin-free surgical specimen management is transforming the workflow at the Cwm Taf Morgannwg...

Register now for our MacroPATH user workshops next month! One on 2nd April at our head office in Wokingham and the other on 4th April in Derby. The workshop will train you on the full functionality and scope of the MacroPATH and how this will benefit your day to day work. This will include use of annotation tools and creation of videos. The workshop is free to attend and we will be providing lunch. 

For more information or to book a place call us at 0118 944 4100 or email enquiries at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Agendas for both meetings are below:

November is Lung Cancer awareness month. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key lung antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key antibodies for the identification of Lung Cancer

Menarini Diagnostics are pleased to invite you to a webinar on Thursday 22nd November.

This webinar will give you practical tips and suggestions from our presenter, whom uses SuperMega cassettes on a routine basis.

Read more: Register now! Webinar on Tips & Tricks for Suger Mega Cassettes and Whole Mount Tissue Processing

West Midlands Genomic Medicine Centre have published an article about their success with the TissueSAFE in the 100K genome project which will soon become the National Genomic Medicine Service. They are using the TissueSAFE Plus to vacuum seal their specimens reducing the use of formalin.

Read more: Heartlands Hospital Going Formalin Free for 100K Specimens

Ready more to find out what upcoming events we are attending.

Read more: Upcoming Events

Read more to find out what events we've recently attended.

Read more: Events We've Recently Attended

October is Breast Cancer awareness month. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key breast antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key antibodies for the identification of Breast Cancer

We organised the first two in a series of Innovations in Cellular Pathology Symposiums on 12th and 13th June in London and Manchester. The symposiums attracted a good amount of attendees mainly from histopathology departments both in London and Manchester. This years agenda focused on patient centred processing solutions, standardisation and achieving a lean laboratory workflow.

Read more: Innovations in Cellular Pathology Symposiums

12th-18th June is Cervical Cancer screening awareness week. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key cervical antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key Antibodies for Identification of Cervical Cancer Proteins

Menarini Diagnostics are pleased to invite you to a webinar on Thursday 28th June.

The webinar will provide a comprehensive description on how to digitally document the delicate step of tissue specimen dissection.

Read more: Register now! Webinar about digital documentation of the specimen dissection on 28th June

6th-8th June the Fondazione Internazionale Menarini hosted the congress "Innovation in Transplantation: The Digital Era"  in Verona. This two day congress with high level speakers from Europe attracted over 170 key opinion leaders from the transplantation and digital pathology society. We had 10 attendees from UK attending the event. One of the highlights of the congress was Dr Desley Neil's presentation about the kidney quality assessment and its limits.

Read more: Innovation in Transplantation: The Digital Era

May is Skin Cancer awareness month. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key dermatopathology antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key Antibodies for Identification of Melanoma Proteins

Menarini Diagnostics are pleased to invite you to attend a webinar about formalin free surgical specimen handling from operating theatres to histopathology laboratories on the 10th May. 

The webinar will provide a comprehensive description on the validation procedure, which allows samples to be transported from operating theatres to pathology laboratories in safer and more economical manner. 

Read more: Register now! Webinar about formalin free handling of surgical specimens from operating theatres...

April 9th-15th is Orchid Male Cancer awareness week. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key prostate antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key Antibodies for Identification of Prostate Cancer Proteins

April is Bowel Cancer awareness month. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key bowel antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key Antibodies for Identification of Bowel Cancer Proteins

March is Ovarian Cancer awareness month. Menarini Diagnostics are proud to offer key ovarian antibodies that may aid in the identification of their respective proteins by IHC in FFPE tissues.

Read more: Key Antibodies for Identification of Ovarian Cancer Proteins

Have you heard about Synergy? It’s a revolutionary patented method to embed tissues on-board your tissue processor, as part of the processing protocols. Menarini’s Pathos Delta and Logos Hybrid Tissue Processors can both be used with the dedicated Synergy rack and consumables to achieve on-board embedding. A variety of tissue types and dimensions can be processed and embedded with this method.

Read more: On-Board Embedding Now Available on Your Tissue Processor Patient Centred Processing TM

Menarini Diagnostics recently attended the Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology conference in Cardiff. The annual AAPT conference is an opportunity for delegates to update their knowledge of scientific, technological, legal and social issues relating to the healthcare science profession of anatomical pathology technology. The AAPT conference was attended mostly by mortuary technicians and presentations covered for instance diseases in the mortuary, inspection preparation and organ donation. On the Total Tissue Diagnostics exhibition stand there was the opportunity to see the Gold standard for digital imaging, the MacroVIEW DM that gathered a large of amount of interest. We would like to thank everyone that joined us at the meeting and we look forward to seeing you again.