Accurate detection and diagnosis of infectious diseases is paramount to appropriate treatment and better outcomes. Despite tremendous efforts to advance new diagnostic techniques, there are still critical gaps in the healthcare system in quickly diagnosing and responding to infectious diseases. Current diagnostic technologies identify pathogens by detecting...

Translational coupling is a form of gene regulation in which the translation of one protein influences another. It is widely used in prokaryotes to control the production of genes within a metabolic pathway, or in bacteriophages to efficiently regulate translation within their extremely compact genomes.Researchers at Arizona State University have developed...