September 2022
Antibiotic resistance genes identified in TB
An analysis of more than 10,000 Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterial isolates from 23 countries has revealed new genes associated with resistance to 13 first- and second-line new and repurposed antibiotics.
New test may predict covid-19 immunity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed an easy-to-use test to predict COVID-19 immunity.
Genetic method for identifying hundreds of disease agents
A new paper compares the pathogen-detecting ability of a next-generation sequencing (NGS) system — the Respiratory Pathogen Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Resistance Panel (RPIP) — with a previously studied NGS system and standard of care (SOC) diagnostic methods for samples obtained with bronchoalveolar lavage.