Nerd in the herd: protecting elephants with data scienceA passionate SAS data scientist uses machine learning to detect tuberculosis in elephants. Find out how her research can help prevent the spread of the disease. What do drones, AI and proactive policing have in common?Law enforcement and pu...
WHO, along with health agencies around the world, recommends a suite of vaccinations for babies and young children. Some, such as the BCG vaccine, which offers some protection against tuberculosis, are recommended from birth. Others, like the vaccines for pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, and whoopi...
You can see other evidence for this idea in things as diverse as Taye-Sachs (an adaptation to Tuberculosis), Sickle Cell Anaemia (an adaptation to Malaria), and in lactose intolerance (a failure to adapt to continuing to eat milk after infancy) and coeliac disease (ditto for grains which ...
He became infected with tuberculosis(肺结核)many years ago while in prison.Nelson Mandela was the main leader in efforts to end white minority rule in South Africa. He spent 27 years in prison for his part in fighting apartheid(种族隔离)—the nation’s policy of discrimination(歧视)against ...
the need to understand the environmental ecology of cholera and the biology of shiga toxin鈥損roducing escherichia coli, as well as the importance of incorporating social and political efforts into global initiatives for tuberculosis control, emerge as additional thought-provoking ideas. the fourth ...
The patient may have serious infections such as tuberculosis (TB) and pneumonia. Fungal infections of the mouth and genitalia are common (thrush). This is the last stage of HIV infection when the patient is said to have developed Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Syndrome refers to ...
the intention was to spur research into the biology of cancer to better treat — and potentially cure — the disease. However, the nation has now been embroiled in this "war" for over 50 years, and we are nowhere closer to victory, arguesNafis Hasan, a cancer scien...
Other scientists conducted similar experiments by replacing phages with penicillin and with tuberculosis drugs. Similarly, they found that bacteria did not need to encounter an antibiotic to acquire resistance to it. Bacteria have relied on random mutations to cope with harsh, constantly changing environ...
In his 2023 book A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, author Mark Dawidziak surmises that Poe suffered from tuberculosis meningitis, which causes swelling in membranes around the brain. There was an explosion in tuberculosis cases in the United States at the time, ...
Unlike other common bacterial infections like tuberculosis and strep throat, tetanus doesn’t pass from person to person. Instead, the offending bacterium, known as Clostridium tetani, infects the body through cuts and abrasions. These infection sites are why tetanus is so strongly associated with ...