Employing technology that reads the entire DNA code, researchers led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Technical University of Denmark have pinpointed the source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed more than 6,000 people and sickened 300,000. Paul Keim, Regents Professor of biology at Northern Arizona University and director of the TGen Pathogen Genomics Division, served as senior molecular biologist on the study, and NAU’s Center for Microbial Genetics and … [Read more...] about Professor Helps Researchers Uncover Cholera Outbreak
Paul Keim
Flagstaff-Based PathoGene Fighting Infectious Diseases
Have you ever taken an antibiotic you had in your medicine cabinet – just in case? Many times you weren’t sure it was the right kind of medication, or dose, or even if you had an infection at all, but you thought it wouldn’t hurt. Well, the truth is, globally, drug-resistant germs (pathogens) are one of the biggest problems facing the medical community. Taking the wrong type of antibiotics has created a growing incidence of “super bugs” that … [Read more...] about Flagstaff-Based PathoGene Fighting Infectious Diseases
