Medical research

One step closer to personalized antibiotic treatment

Microbes in the gut can "disarm" antibiotics, leading to antibiotic resistance and incurable infections. A new method makes it possible to quickly detect resistance genes and, hence, choose the most efficient type of antibiotic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Diagnosing, treating 'superbugs' is goal of clinical team

Dr. Michael Satlin's patients aren't just battling cancer. Many are also fighting drug-resistant bacteria – "superbugs" that threaten their fragile immune systems, and their lives.

Medical research

UTI testing technology cuts screening time to four hours

Researchers using DNA sequencing to profile antibiotic resistance in infection have achieved a turnaround time from 'sample to answer' of less than four hours for urinary tract infections (UTIs).

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