2014. június 6., péntek

A New Rapid DNA Test Helped Save a Kid From an Obscure Infection

A New Rapid DNA Test Helped Save a Kid From an Obscure Infection


When we think of medicine, we usually think of the treatment: drugs, surgery, therapy. But before all that comes the diagnosis—a tricky proposition when symptoms are confusing and information scant. Now for the first time ever, doctors were able to use rapid DNA sequencing to identify an obscure bacterium in time to save a boy's life.


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