Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO(2) to catch bacterial infections. MEMPHIS, ...
It could enable doctors to diagnose infections such as pneumonia much quicker - without the need for invasive blood tests.
What if there were a way to make proteins, enzymes and reagents right in the lab, in small amounts, on demand? Microscopic images of E.coli bacteria. Image courtesy of the Center for Disease Control.