Tuberculosis Genetics
Reports summarize tuberculosis genetics study results from McGill University, Department of Medicine
Published in Gastroenterology Week, November 6th, 2006
Scientists discuss in "Mycobacteria in Crohn's disease: a persistent hypothesis" new findings in tuberculosis. "Efforts to explore a mycobacterial origin for Crohn's disease typically have involved an epidemiological approach, searching for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in patient tissue. An alternative approach involves consideration of genetic and experimental data regarding host resistance to mycobacteria," researchers in Montreal, Canada report.
"From human and mycobacterial genetics, it is known that mycobacterial diseases depend on both pathogen and host factors and that tuberculosis and leprosy are effectively genetic diseases. The discovery...
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