Tuberculosis Sleuth (IMAGE)

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Tuberculosis Sleuth

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Wertheim UF Scripps biochemist Luiz Pedro Carvalho, Ph.D., a member of the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute, is working toward new ways to treat tuberculosis and other diseases. A TB gene he’s uncovered appears in other organisms’ genomes, including leprosy and marine microbes.

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Stacey DeLoye, The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute

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