Amplicon-based sequencing may boost severe pneumonia diagnosis in ICU, particularly for fungal infections and ...

In a recent study published in BMC Microbiology, researchers developed the Novel Organism Verification and Analysis (NOVA) algorithm to systematically analyze bacterial isolates unidentified using ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the threat that some viruses pose to humans. But viruses can infect bacteria, too, impeding their vital role in sustaining life on our planet. Sick bacteria are ...

As antibiotic resistance continues to spread, researchers are exploring new approaches to stay ahead of the problem.