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  • July 2008
    • For TB Clues, Researchers Turn to Bones

      For TB Clues, Researchers Turn to Bones

      (Newser) - Scientists are analyzing bones found in the ancient city of Jericho, in what's now the West Bank, for clues to fighting tuberculosis. The German, Israeli, and Palestinian researchers hope the 6,000-year-old DNA they're studying will reveal how the disease evolves and how to combat it. More »

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      DNA   disease   tuberculosis   Jericho   skeleton   bones   TB

  • July 2007
    • Doctors Give TB Fugitive Good News

      Doctors Give TB Fugitive Good News

      (Newser) - TB patient Andrew Speaker is not quite as sick as planeloads of people feared, Reuters reports. A doctor from Speaker's Denver hospital says the Atlanta lawyer, who flew to Europe despite warnings that he was highly contagious, doesn't have XDR—or extensively drug-resistant—tuberculosis, but rather the more treatable multi-drug-resistant strain. More »

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      health   public health   disease   safety   Tuberculosis   Andrew Speaker   TB

  • May 2007
    • TB Patient, Family Ties Revealed

      TB Patient, Family Ties Revealed

      (Newser) - The quarantined tuberculosis patient is an Atlanta lawyer who recently married the daughter of a CDC TB researcher, CNN reports. Andrew Speaker, 31, took a private plane to Denver today to be treated for extremely drug-resistant TB, or XDR TB. Microbiologist Robert Cooksey says he knew of his son-in-law's infection and offered "fatherly advice" but no official counsel. More »

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      infection   CDC   treatment   Tuberculosis   Andrew Speaker   TB

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