Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists studying the remains of an individual buried 5,500 years ago in Colombia discovered a previously unknown strain of the ...

The evolutionary history and origin of syphilis, and other treponemal diseases, is a hotly debated topic by scholars. Scholars who theorize syphilis originated in the "New World" and preceded the 15th ...

Individual holding a smartphone The findings shed new light on the applicability of smartphone-based electronic readers in point-of-care testing. A smartphone-based electronic reader was found to be ...

A team of scientists has used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium which causes syphilis. The previously unknown detailed structure ...

Washington, DC - June 26, 2018 - The spiral-shaped bacterium that causes syphilis was so dependent on its human host that, until now and despite a century of work, it couldn't be cultured in a lab ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. syphilis (photo credit: INGIMAGE) Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia reveals the oldest genome of "Treponema ...

Lola Stamm fell in love with the bacterium that causes syphilis when she was in grad school. Other bacteria are rod-shaped or blobby. Treponema pallidum, the syphilis culprit, is a long, skinny ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four treponemal diseases, including syphilis—from 5,500-year-old human remains in ...

The secrets are in the sequence. Drs. Nicole Lieberman and Alex Greninger from the Greninger Lab generated 196 near-complete Treponema pallidum genome sequences to gain a better understanding of the ...