Leprosy, caused primarily by <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i>, is considered a disease introduced into the Americas during European colonization. However, the recent discovery of a second pathogen causing ...

This MOOC describes the successes of vaccination in preventing diseases, as well as the remaining challenges in regard of persisting epidemics and new pandemics.

CRABi - Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et isotopique - Bordeaux - Novembre 2026

CRABi - Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et isotopique - Bordeaux - Novembre 2026

CRABi - Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et isotopique - Bordeaux - Novembre 2026

In the Uspallata Valley, agriculture was adopted by local populations, as evidenced by genetic continuity from earlier&nbsp;hunter-gatherers to farmers; maize-dependent groups from the same regional p...

In the Uspallata Valley, agriculture was adopted by local populations, as evidenced by genetic continuity from earlier&nbsp;hunter-gatherers to farmers; maize-dependent groups from the same regional p...

Genetic analysis has shed new light on one of history's deadliest military disasters — the French retreat from Russia in 1812.

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Javier Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers

Yersinia pestis has spilled over from wild rodent reservoirs to commensal rodents and humans, causing three historically recorded pandemics. Depletion in the copy number of the plasmid-encoded virulen...

Contrairement à ce qu’on pensait, la lèpre existait déjà en Amérique depuis plus de mille ans, véhiculée par une autre bactérie. Ce qui n’a pas empêché les colons de l’apporter aussi.

Leprosy, primarily caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is considered a disease introduced into the Americas during European colonization. However, the recent discovery of a second pathogen causing leprosy...

Leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans: a new study reveals the history of a neglected pathogen.

En colaboración con comunidades indígenas, un equipo internacional de 40 científicos halló ADN de una de las dos bacterias responsables de esta enfermedad estigmatizante en los restos de individuos que vivieron en lo que hoy es Argentina y Canadá hace más de mil años.

Scientists find DNA from an enigmatic bacterium in 1000-year-old skeletons

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