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Researchers have used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to demonstrate transmission of a single bacterial strain that possessed a carbapenem-resistance gene in a northern California hospital. The gene armed the bacteria with...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, has been named this year's recipient of the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award for his contributions to nuclear medicine. Di Carli i...

Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida auris on their skin can shed the fungus and contaminate their surroundings. This finding provides an explanation for the extensive contamina...

New research has found that Cannnabidiol is active against Gram-positive bacteria, including those responsible for many serious infections (such as Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae), with potency simila...

Swimming in the ocean alters the skin microbiome and may increase the likelihood of infection, according to new research.

Antibiotic-resistant infections are a threat to global public health, food safety and an economic burden. To prevent these infections, it is critical to understand how antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes are tr...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) A first-in-human Phase 1/Phase II study demonstrates that intravenous administration of the radiopharmaceutical imaging agent technetium-99m (99mTc) tilmanocept promise...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Jason S. Lewis, PhD, has been named the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Paul C. Aebersold Award. Lewis is Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology and vice chair for resea...