Setting up whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a new typing method is ‘far from trivial’, involving steps from sample provision to data analysis, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...

A method of typing has been been developed that can allow laboratories to faster establish the presence of hospital outbreaks of the intestinal bacterium Clostridium difficile, scientists report. The ...

Anthony Nolan has today launched a new tissue typing method that could significantly improve stem cell transplant outcomes. The blood cancer charity has started to use new technology that could ...

There are no current molecular or phenotypic typing methods for foodborne pathogens that matched up to all pre-defined criteria, according to an EU scientific opinion. BIOHAZ said that molecular ...