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09/20/17 11:49 AM
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Michigan is taking center stage in the nation’s fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis with the creation of the National Tuberculosis Molecular Surveillance Center at Michigan’s state laboratory in Lansing.
Funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the tuberculosis surveillance center was opened in August and will identify the genetic footprint of each new TB case in the nation so scientists can better track the disease and prevent its spread.
Isolates, or bacterial cultures, from all confirmed tuberculosis cases across the United States will be sent to the State of Michigan Laboratory for whole genome sequencing. Scientists will use special equipment to determine the exact sequence of millions of bits of genetic material contained in the tuberculosis bacterium that made each patient sick.
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“Now we’re going to have a molecular surveillance to determine what (strains) are circulating in the communities to predict what drug resistance is there,” he said. “In some of the (previous) cases, some tests missed what is called low-level, drug-resistance strains whereas molecular tests can actually detect those.”
The CDC hopes to use the genetic information gathered in Michigan to detect or even predict the emergence of new drug-resistant TB strains. And it’s likely that research technologies developed here will someday be used to combat other drug-resistant diseases.
~~~~~~~~~Scientists worldwide~~~~~~~~~~~ are worried about antibiotic resistance, which occurs when bacteria change their genetic identity to reduce the effectiveness of antibiotic medications. Salmonella, gonorrhea, step throat and the intestinal disease called shigellosis are among the long list of organisms that have developed drug-resistant strains.
“We’re going to build a body of knowledge and new tools moving forward and an even faster ability to detect resistance and have an impact on the next clinical case,” said Dr. Jean Patel, science lead for Antibiotic Resistance and the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network.
(((i never heard of the ~~ CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network.)))
“The whole genome sequencing that we’re doing here for TB is also being applied to other pathogens that are antibiotic resistant.”
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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/18/michigan-creates-tuberculosis-lab/105771314/
09/20/17 4:59 PM
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MMTC insiders have millions invested in MMTC stock, ranking on them doesn't change that. They put their money where their mouth is which is what I'll be doing in short order. We've already heard that Dr. Haavig got a job as a Wal-Mart greeter, of course that was a lie. We've heard the MIT is just a cardboard box, that also was a lie. We've heard MMTC lost its patent, I have an email from management proving that was a lie. I could go on for another hour or so but why? Longs know what they own and won't be swayed with nonsense.
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