Leprosy—an ancient disease often associated with distant historical eras—might not be as far behind us as we think. While ...

Leprosy, an illness that can be traced back to Biblical times and is believed to be the oldest disease in mankind, is also known as Hansen’s disease. It can lead to nerve damage and disfigurement in ...

Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, ...

Olivia O’Hearn, a graduate student at the University of Kentucky, studies a dead armadillo. Researchers have collected and studied at least 31 roadkill armadillos as part of a project examining their ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers analyzed Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains, revealing a long history of leprosy ...

Dr Ananthan Ramakrishna Pillai, a resident of Jogeshwari East, Mumbai, and a long-standing crusader for leprosy eradication, ...

Evidence from archaeological sites in the medieval English city of Winchester shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae strains that caused leprosy in ...

Ancient DNA has become a great tool that allows us to dig deeper into diseases that have had a long history in the Americas." Kirsten Bos, group leader for Molecular Paleopathology at the Max Planck ...

SINGAPORE – NalaGenetics, a spin-off from A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS), will be transforming leprosy treatments in Indonesia with a nationwide genetic screening programme with ...