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An investigation into a protein that helps to lubricate human joints could help to open up new avenues for treating a rare genetic musculoskeletal condition that has no current treatment. A poster presented at MLS Future Forum illuminated the important role of lubricin in patients with Camptodactyly-Arthropathy-Coxa Vara-Pericarditis (CACP). 

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a stealthy threat. It infects more than 500,000 people in the United States each year, and kills up to 30,000.

Hospital superbugs that cause sepsis and meningitis could be hitching a ride on mobile phones, allowing them to escape out of healthcare settings and into the community, according to research presented at MLS Future Forum earlier this year.

Get to know one of our Global Ambassadors for India, Dr. Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal

The first UK study to monitor antimicrobial resistance and influenza viruses in water bodies has revealed that 92% of samples contained genes for resistance to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort.

Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils.

Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils.