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Significant Rise in Global Fungal Infections Affecting Civilian and Military Health
GeneCapture, a Huntsville, Alabama company, received a $2.5 million contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency to continue developing rapid pathogen detection in austere environments.
Today, infection detection can still take 3-4 days and usually requires a full microbiology lab. During that delay, patients may receive the wrong first treatment, infections can spread, and antibiotic resistance can worsen.
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