Bar code devised for bacteria that causes tuberculosis
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 00:31
in Health & Medicine
Doctors and researchers will be able to easily identify different types of tuberculosis (TB) thanks to a new genetic barcode devised by scientists. To help identify the different origins and map how tuberculosis moves around the world, spreading from person to person through the air, the research team studied over 90,000 genetic mutations.