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Woman's eyesight saved by cutting-edge test after mystery infection

A woman from Bristol has had her eyesight saved after a "game-changing" test identified a mystery infection that had plagued her health for five years.

As a last resort, she was treated using Metagenomics technology, which uses cutting-edge genomic sequencing, which can identify all bacteria, fungi or parasites present in a sample by comparing them against a database of millions of pathogens. You can find out more on the BBC News website.