New technologies like wastewater surveillance have enabled public health officials to monitor the spread of a few infectious diseases in a community by identifying known pathogens by their DNA. While ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Karius®, Inc., a leader in genomic diagnostics for infectious diseases, announced today that the Karius Test® has been granted designation as a Breakthrough ...

A new technique which slashes the time taken to diagnose microbial infections from days to minutes could help save lives and open up a new front in the battle against antibiotic resistance, ...

PathogenDx's breakthrough technology shifts the pathogen detection paradigm from microbial to molecular testing through its microarray assays, namely DetectX, EnviroX, and QuantX SANTA CLARA, ...

Researchers have created a genome editing technology that allows for slight variations in target DNA but retains local specificity, and which could help realize the potential of CRISPR/Cas-based gene ...

Shigella sonnei is a leading cause of a diarrheal disease called shigellosis in high-income countries, and this bacterial pathogen has become increasingly resistant to antibiotics. The bacterium ...

Mystery infections—persistent and unexplained illnesses—are a rising global health challenge, often delaying critical treatment as patients and clinicians search for answers. Today, advanced genetic ...