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Infectious diseases are a leading cause of global mortality. During an infection, bacteria experience many different stresses — some from the host itself, some from co-colonizing microbes and others from therapies employed to treat the infection. In this arms race to outwit their competition, bacteria have evolved mechanisms to stay alive in the face of …
Researchers at Yale have conducted a study to devise a new test that measures RNA or protein molecules in human cells that can accurately identify viral infections as a cause of respiratory symptoms that is performed with a nasal swab. Upper respiratory illness are very common. But there isn’t a method to rapidly perform …