Search Tag: metagenomics

2026 15 Jan

Current approaches to classifying sepsis are limited because they rely too heavily on clinical features and host-only immune responses, while largely ignoring the role of the infecting microbes. Sepsis is a heterogeneous syndrome, and grouping patients based on clinical signs alone assumes a single underlying mechanism, which is often incorrect. T1Read more

2014 25 Sep

Researchers have developed a new approach to the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) that relies on direct sequencing of DNA extracted from sputum to detect and characterise the bacteria that cause TB. The new method eliminates the need for culturing bacteria in the laboratory, a time-consuming process. The new technique is referred to as metagenomics1Read more