Sentences with phrase «ancient disease»

Our guests will be two experts on studying ancient diseases with two different methods — using ancient DNA or studying fossil bones.

But diagnosing ancient diseases from fossils is tricky for a number of reasons.

The team believe their methodology can be used to unravel the transmission mysteries of other ancient diseases — such as human pubic lice, also introduced via an intermediate hominin from ancestral gorillas over 3 million years ago.

One of the most ancient diseases known to mankind, tuberculosis remains a global threat today, with nearly 1.5 million people dying each year from the disease.

Previous studies indicate that some inherited disorders do not have significantly different prevalence across both the purebred and mixed - breed dog populations [6] which may represent ancient disease liability genes that preceded breed formation that are now distributed throughout the canine population as a whole or reflect recent purebred contributions to mixed - breed individuals.

What are we learning from studying ancient diseases?

It is almost a decade since Gates first dared to revive what in global health circles is known as the «e-word» in relation to this ancient disease.

It is an ancient disease.

«The only disease being spread through this city — and being sewn in this chamber — is the ancient disease of irrational discrimination,» she testified.

However, locating this additional leprosy cause significantly adds to our understanding of the ancient disease.

Different forms of malaria, which is now known to be an ancient disease, may have been at work many millions of years ago and probably had other implications affecting the outcome of vertebrate survival, Poinar said.

We may be in a position to eradicate the guinea worm (see «Southern Sudan's votes could kill an ancient disease»).

Despite being thought of as an ancient disease, cholera still affects 47 countries world - wide and claims the lives of nearly 100 thousand people a year.

Dr. Shiloh said that this mechanism of M - cell mediated movement of Mtb may help explain an ancient disease called scrofula.

At last, the enormous power of modern technology is penetrating the mysteries of an ancient disease, a disease that continues to kill millions.

This is how the ancient disease of type 2 diabetes has become the 21st century plague.

It is an ancient disease - written about since writing was invented - so the event has been divided in many ways using many confusing terms with considerable disagreements and overlap.

Often thought of as an ancient disease, the World Health Organization notes that plague continues to sicken and kill people and animals in many parts of the world.