Microbiology and immunology

Diseases seemingly from the Victorian era are on the rise in modern-day medicine, and diagnostic professionals must keep them under consideration.

With the increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant gonorrhoea strains, we interview two experts to discover how we can combat the issue

Sepsis kills millions and costs billions each year, but a new approach that analyzes morphological changes in monocytes could help

Existing tests for rapid diagnosis of TB are costly and insufficient – but second-generation assays with improved sensitivity could be the answer

Neurological disorders can be invasive and time-consuming to diagnose, but profiling cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid can lessen that burden

To confront the increasing problem of antimicrobial resistance in medicine, laboratorians and clinicians must pursue rapid diagnostics

Variants in the FUT2 gene may increase susceptibility to otitis media by altering the microbiome of the middle ear

The use of saliva as a diagnostic fluid seems an attractive option – especially now that research reveals circulating tumor DNA in the fluid

How consolidating molecular diagnostics has improved service delivery for the Great Ormond Street Hospital microbiology department

Differences in bacterial diversity in the gut could be used to identify patients with Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer