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After leaving the Gerdt Lab for a post-doctoral position at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne, Zhiyu Zang decided to focus on the human immune system.

Researchers Find Chemical Solution for Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

Indiana University

The discovery could be used to help manage with hard-to-treat bacterial infections in humans

The future of testing will belong to labs that can deliver accuracy at the speed of clinical decision-making.

Rethinking UTI Diagnostics: Getting to the Right Therapy the First Time

Chad Austin, MD

Urine cultures remain essential, but molecular diagnostics are narrowing the gap between testing and treatment for urinary tract infections

The researchers are validating the model as a clinical test.

A New Way to Diagnose Deadly Lung Infections and Save Lives

University of California - San Francisco

Researchers at UC San Francisco have devised a method to identify pneumonia—using both genetic information and AI—that could curb the overuse of antibiotics

To get the mRNA safely into the patient’s body, the researchers packaged it inside lipid nanoparticles—tiny fat-based bubbles commonly used in mRNA vaccines.

Experimental mRNA Therapy Shows Potential to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Preclinical studies show mRNA therapy slows antibiotic-resistant bacteria and enhances immune response

Today's Clinical Lab 2025 Pathogen Detection & Infectious Disease print issue

'Reemerging Threats, Reimagined Strategies'

Miriam Bergeret, MSc

The Today's Clinical Lab 2025 Pathogen Detection & Infectious Disease print issue features smarter diagnostics, reemerging threats, and lab-driven strategies for tackling sepsis, measles, and C. difficile infections

This year at ADLM, IVD manufacturers and software vendors expressed interest in fighting AMR with medical labs by raising more awareness with consumers about the risks involved.

Vendors and Clinicians Promote Fighting AMR Through Greater Public Awareness

Scott Wallask, BA

Once again, clinical labs are at the forefront of a public health battle, this time against antimicrobial resistance

Photo of a laboratory scientist's gloved hand holding up a water sample from a river to be tested for antibiotics.

Antibiotics from Human Use Are Contaminating Rivers Worldwide, Study Shows

McGill University

Researchers estimated about 8,500 tons of antibiotics end up in river systems each year after passing through the human body and wastewater systems

Illustration of individual bacteriophage particles entering and infecting a cell.

Harnessing AI to Respond to the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Durham University

Can an artificial intelligence-based tool help bridge the critical gap in knowledge needed to develop AMR action plans?

Photo of a nutrient agar plate with round colonies of orange and pink antimicrobial resistant organisms against a black background.

Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Through Diagnostic Precision

Jeanie Bach MSN, RN CCRN

PCR panels offer an effective way for clinical labs to fight the threat of AMR

Close up photo of the hands of a laboratory scientist wearing white gloves and working on a bacterial culture in a biological safety cabinet.

Scientists May Have Discovered Important Step in the Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Aarhus University

When bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, it can be deadly, but now researchers have decoded part of the bacteria's defense mechanism