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Image: Appearance of a `false brush border` of Brachyspira pilosicoli cells attached by one cell end to the luminal surface of human colonic enterocytes in a patient diagnosed with human intestinal spirochetosis (Photo courtesy of David J. Hampson, PhD, DSc).

Specific Gut Bacterium Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome

The incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) steeply increases following a gastroenteritis episode, suggesting a possible causative role for microbial perturbation. Gut microbiota composition studies overwhelmingly rely on fecal material. More...
08 Dec 2020
Image: The Cytek Aurora spectral flow cytometer (Photo courtesy of Cytek Bioscience).

Distinct Inflammatory Profiles Distinguish COVID-19 From Influenza

Acute respiratory failure occurs in a subset of COVID-19 patients. Understanding the etiology of respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients is critical for determining the best management strategies and pharmacologic targets for treatment. More...
30 Nov 2020
Image: Lung cells infected with coronavirus (Photo courtesy of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

SARS-CoV-2 RNA Test Assessed Among Recovered COVID-19 Patients

Some patients who have recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with documented negative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results at the time of recovery have had subsequent positive RT-PCR test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). More...
25 Nov 2020
Image: The portable MinION sequencing platform runs one flow cell and desktop GridION can run up to five flow cells at any time (Photo courtesy of Oxford Nanopore).

Metagenomic Sequencing Quickly Identifies Pathogens in Body Fluids

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a shotgun sequencing approach in which all of the nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) in a clinical sample is sequenced at a very high depth, 10-20 million sequences per sample. More...
23 Nov 2020
Image: Histological features of COVID-19 lungs (Photo courtesy of the University of Trieste).

COVID-19 Lung Damage Caused by Persistence of Abnormal Cells

Several uncertainties still relate to the involvement of other organs in COVID-19. Besides indirect multi-organ injury, a few reports have suggested the possibility of direct injury caused by viral replication in brain, heart and kidney. More...
19 Nov 2020
Image: The STANDARD F Dengue IgM/IgG FIA qualitatively analyzes Dengue virus specific IgM and IgG antibodies in serum, plasma and whole blood using fluorescent immunoassay (Photo courtesy of SD Biosensor).

Rapid Tests Evaluated in the Management of Dengue Fever

Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection caused by four distinct viruses (DENV 1-4) which belong to the flavivirus genus and may lead to diverse outcomes. The disease can be asymptomatic in about 75% of cases, causing Dengue fever (DF), or result in severe dengue. Dengue is common in more than 120 countries. More...
12 Nov 2020
Image: The iFlash 1800 chemiluminescence immunoassay analyzer (Photo courtesy of Shenzhen YHLO Biotech).

Serum-IgG Responses in Patients with Mild and Severe COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues, causing considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. The severity of COVID-19 ranges from asymptomatic to fatal pneumonitis, with mildly symptomatic patients accounting for approximately 80% of all cases according to current understanding. More...
04 Nov 2020
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