From September, 2007

OLD FOE, NEW FRIEND: TB PREVENTION AND THE ADVENT OF DNA VACCINES

“Ay, thou art for the grave; thy glances shine Too brightly to shine long; another Spring Shall deck her for men’s eyes—but not for thine— Sealed in a sleep which knows no wakening. The fields for thee have no medicinal leaf, And the vexed ore no mineral of power; And they who love thee wait in anxious grief Till the slow plague shall bring the final hour…” From Consumption by William Cullen Bryant – – – Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of global concern, and one of the oldest enemies of the human race: the records of its presence date…