Sunday, 23 February 2014

Leprosy Could be One of the Oldest Human Illnesses Ever

Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, could possibly be one of the oldest human-specific infections, with roots likely stemming back millions of years, reveals a new research. In the past several years, MD Anderson pathologist Xiang-Yang Han, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in laboratory medicine, and other researchers have found the new leprosy agent in patients from Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Singapore, and Myanmar. Han's team, in collaboration with Francisco Silva, an evolutionary ...




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