Image of the Day: Leprosy Lesion
The Scientist Staff, The Scientist Staff | Mar 23, 2018
Researchers identify two blood-clotting proteins that could be biomarkers for cardiovascular reactions in patients with leprosy.
Leprosy Researcher Wayne Meyers Dies
Leprosy Researcher Wayne Meyers Dies
An accomplished infectious disease scientist, Meyers spent the 1960s treating and studying the condition in central Africa.
An accomplished infectious disease scientist, Meyers spent the 1960s treating and studying the condition in central Africa.
Genome Digest
Jenny Rood | Apr 16, 2015
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Comparing Leprosy Bacteria
Kate Yandell | Mar 27, 2015
Researchers sequence the genome of Mycobacterium lepromatosis, a recently discovered sister species to the primary leprosy-causing bacterium.
The Leprosy Bacillus, circa 1873
Kate Yandell | Oct 1, 2013
A scientist’s desperate attempts to prove that Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy landed him on trial, but his insights into the disease’s pathology were eventually vindicated.
Genome Digest
Kate Yandell | Aug 1, 2013
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Genome Digest
Chris Palmer | Jun 19, 2013
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes