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14 hours ago · Leprosy has a low pathogenicity, and 95% of people who contract M. leprae do not develop the disease. Spread is thought to occur through a cough or contact with fluid from the nose of a person infected by leprosy. Genetic factors and immune function play a role in how easily a person catches the disease.
- Gerhard Armauer Hansen
Bust of Dr. Armauer Hansen, Botanical garden, University of...
- History of Leprosy
G.H.A. Hansen, discoverer of M. leprae in 1873. The history...
- Leper Colonies
Spinalonga on Crete, Greece, one of the last leprosy...
- Talk
Would you mind sharing your thoughts on this? Thank you....
- Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai SSCC or Saint...
- Neglected Tropical Disease
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of...
- Gerhard Armauer Hansen
14 hours ago · William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
14 hours ago · The 1997 film Gattaca is set in a futurist society where genomes of children are engineered to contain the most ideal combination of their parents' traits, and metrics such as risk of heart disease and predicted life expectancy are documented for each person based on their genome. People conceived outside of the eugenics program, known as "In ...
14 hours ago · In his memoirs, Khrushchev indicates he had pneumonia; some biographers have theorized that Khrushchev's illness was entirely political, out of fear that his loss of position was the first step towards downfall and demise. However, Khrushchev's children remembered their father as having been seriously ill.
