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From Scientific American
60-Second Science, Health
By Cynthia Graber
Antibiotics work against bacterial infections but are often prescribed to people with viral infections, which don't respond to the drugs. But a new gene test could show if a patient's infection is viral or bacterial.
Study Reveals Blood-based Host Response Test Can Accurately Predict Respiratory Viral Infection in Pre-symptomatic Patients Predigen Developing Diagnostic Tools Designed to Help Physicians Differentia
By Deborah Borfitz January 2, 2020 | A Duke University spin-out company is putting the last touches on a host response bacterial-viral test entering the final leg of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Predigen, Inc., a spin-out from Duke University, is developing a host response test to accurately discriminate bacterial from viral acute respiratory infections in collaboration with the Antibacterial