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Methods for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Tissues & COVID-19 Pulmonary & Cardiovascular Pathology 1: Introduction: Aurelio Ariza, (ES) & Ales Ryska, (CZ) 2: Methods for SARS CoV 2 detection in tissues: Zsuzsanna Varga (CH) 3: COVID 19 pulmonary and cardiovascular pathology: Fiorella Calabrese (IT) 4: COVID 19 pulmonary and cardiovascular pathology: Cristina Basso (IT) 5: General discussion Highlights of 2nd ESP Webinar:

Though the whole world relies on RT-PCR to “diagnose” Sars-Cov-2 infection, the science is clear: they are not fit for purpose From Torsten Engelbrecht and Konstantin Demeter Lockdowns and hygienic measures around the world are based on numbers of cases and mortality rates created by the so-called SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests used to identify “positive” patients, whereby “positive” is usually equated with “infected.” But looking closely at the facts, the conclusion is that these PCR tests are meaningless as a diagnostic…

From Molecular Oncology Master MOM The crisis that affects us does not overshadow the evidence of cancer mortality and this is the reason we keep our commitment to Molecular Oncology training excellence.There is a good news. We are launching a Scholarships program for doctors, professionals or residents interested in taking the Molecular Oncology Master MOM in English, which begins next September 2020. This year, to the already established sponsors in Spain (Bristol Myers-Squibb, Lilly, Roche and Hermanos Álvarez Quirós Foundation), three more sponsors have been added: Fist Aid Foundation, Taboada…

The European Society of Pathology (ESP) is pleased to announce 2nd webinar on COVID-19: “Methods for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Tissues & COVID-19 Pulmonary & Cardiovascular Pathology” scheduled on Thursday, 25th June 2020 at 16:00 CEST. The duration of the webinar will be two hours. If you are member of ESP you are invited to register and joining the webinar. Please note that you are welcome to send related questions/comments prior to the meeting to admin@esp-pathology.org or during the meeting by posting them on the Q & A section in Zoom. The questions/comments will…

Respiratory Medicine journal homepage Background: An ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread around the world. It is debatable whether asymptomatic COVID-19 virus carriers are contagious. We report here a case of the asymptomatic patient and present clinical characteristics of 455 contacts, which aims to study the infectivity of asymptomatic carriers. Material and methods: 455 contacts who were exposed to the asymptomatic COVID-19 virus carrier became the subjects of our research. They were divided into three groups: 35…

In the span of two months, we have re-imagined the dermatopathology education to an Online experience and harnessed existing technologies to create very engaging content. We have created a new format of educational videos particularly suited for dermatopathology education. I call it the “conversational lecture”. We have also developed an effective alternative for the microscopic session.To accomplish this, we have created a new Dermpedia Courses website. https://courses.dermpedia.org which will launch on May 13th.Since you are on our mailing list you will…