European Medical Journal

Rapid Low-Cost Sequencing Method Transforms UTI Diagnosis and Treatment

A rapid, cost-effective method offers four-hour UTI diagnosis with high accuracy and better antibiotic guidance. Find out ...
GEN

Metagenomics Analysis Finds 90% of U.S. Infants Studied Lack Key Gut Bacterium for Breast Milk Utilization and Immune System Development

Largest study to date benchmarks widespread, underrecognized microbiome-linked risk to infant immune system development, antibiotic resistance, acute conditions such as colic and diaper rash. [Evolve ...
BioTechniques

Generating microbial insights from nanopore metagenomic data using CZ ID: a free, open source, cloud-based metagenomics tool for researchers

CZ ID is a free cloud-based platform for metagenomics analysis. It enables researchers to upload sequencing data, find matches in the NCBI database, perform analyses, and visualize results. A new long ...
GEN

Next-Generation Sequencing Boosts Clinical Metagenomics

Infectious lower respiratory diseases and diarrheal diseases are top causes of deaths worldwide, accounting for 4.1 million deaths in 2019. The current COVID-19 pandemic is yet another reminder about ...
BioTechniques

Metagenomics for pathogen surveillance

While traditional next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods are widely used, Oxford Nanopore sequencing offers significant advantages for rapid and comprehensive pathogen surveillance. In this webinar, ...
Phgfoundation

Metagenomic sequencing in public health – can long read sequencing be used to tackle antimicrobial resistance?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest challenges facing health systems, causing an estimated 4.71 million deaths globally in 2021. It has been ten years since the World Health ...