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News • Intestinal disease diagnosis

Next-generation tools find infections missed by standard tests

A University of Liverpool study has used advanced genetic and genomic techniques to offer a major step forward in understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases.

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News • Focus on mutation frequency decline

A new strategy to combat antibiotic resistance

Finding ways to target antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a scientific and medical priority. A consortium of researchers identified a compound capable of blocking a key protein for virulence, thus…

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News • Exploring the role of colibactin

Research links bacterial toxin to colorectal cancer

The incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults has doubled over the last 20 years, with no known reason. Now, a new study links this mysterious trend to childhood exposure to a bacterial toxin.

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News • Study on Staphylococcus aureus

Understanding bacterial antiviral defenses to tackle antibiotic resistance

In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of antibiotic resistance can be understood in the mechanism of how bacteria build up defences against being infected by viruses.

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News • 2025 TB surveillance and monitoring report

Childhood tuberculosis up by 10%: a wake-up call for Europe

Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in the European Region is still ongoing, and immediate public health measures are needed to control and reduce the growing burden of the disease, experts urge.

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News • Therapy innovation

Four advances that could change tuberculosis treatment

World TB Day raises awareness about tuberculosis and commemorates the discovery of the source bacterium M. tuberculosis. More than a century later, scientists still refine anti-TB strategies.

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