Technology
Automated Nucleic Acid Detection System Rapidly Resolves Gram-Positive Blood Cultures
A system is capable of detecting most leading causes of Gram-positive bacterial blood stream infections as well as genetic markers of methicillin and vancomycin resistance directly from positive blood cultures in significantly less time. More...17 Jul 2013



Transcriptome Subtraction Pinpoints Unknown Viruses in Human Serum
An approach based on subtracting viral DNA and RNA from that normally present in human serum and then comparing the results to databases of known viral genomes enables screening patients for the presence of unknown viruses. More...02 Jul 2013
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