Studying bacterial interactions with actin is still throwing up ... Mycobacterium leprae reverts its host to a stem cell–like state Mycobacterium leprae, which causes leprosy, takes cell reprogramming ...

Rambukkana, Kendall, and their coauthors ascribe the enlargement they observed to bacterial reprogramming of liver cells into progenitor-like cells—a similar process to that occurring in Schwann cells ...

Leprosy is mainly caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a type of bacteria that uses a few species ... and the senior author of the study, in a Cell release. “The medieval red squirrel strain we ...

Today we are going to tell you about some common myths related to leprosy. Leprosy is a bacterial disease that affects human skin and nerves. The cause of this disease is a bacteria called ...

Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Yusuf Labaran, has raised concerns over the resurgence of leprosy in the ...

Tamil Nadu has taken a proactive approach to tackle leprosy with a statewide detection drive scheduled from February 13 to 28 ...

Though they certainly didn’t catch leprosy in the UK, the Izzetts are still not sure exactly how they contracted the bacteria responsible for causing the disease. ‘I thought I’d be chased ...

even if they’re exposed to the bacteria that cause it. Although there is still a stigma associated with leprosy, part of the WHO’s strategy is to eliminate discrimination and marginalisation ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by bacteria which affect nerve endings and destroy the body’s ability to feel pain and injury. Although curable, the stigma associated with the ...