First New TB Drug in 50 Years

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

First New Tuberculosis Drug Approved in 50 Years

[T_aquaticus]

Thankfully, we are staying one step ahead of microbes for the moment. Let’s just hope this trend continues. As @swamidass probably knows, computer modelling of protein-ligand interactions has helped in the search for new medicines.

[Dan_Eastwood]

@T_aquaticus

Thankfully, we are staying one step ahead of microbes for the moment.

For the moment. I find it worrisome that we seem to be racing against evolution.

[AllenWitmerMiller (Retired Professor & Minister.)]

@Dan_Eastwood

I find it worrisome that we seem to be racing against evolution.

We are toast in any case. After all, everybody knows that the Theory of Evolution teaches that goldfish and polar bears are rapidly evolving human brains!

TB is a lot less scary than the thought of a polar bear stealing my identity and hacking into my bank account.

Newsflash: Goldfish & polar bears will never evolve human brains!

This is far too much fun not to share: https://evolutionnews.org/2019/07/behe-vindicated-again-goldfish-are-broken-carp/ I love the last paragraph: Copy number variations do not add information. They just change the expression levels of existing information. By breaking or blunting existing information, polar bears get by in the white, cold arctic where the only thing to eat is a seal or fish. If that is what Darwin meant by natural selection, goldfish and polar bears will never evolve human brains. So there. Don’t worry that the goldfish imprisoned in that little bowl will ever rise to challenge you. Goldfish will never evolve human brains! I can rest easier now. Ever since I first studied evolutionary processes, I’ve lived in mortal fear that human brains would start cropping up all over the planet (even in unlikely places like Washington D.C. and on cable news programs.). Imagine Planet of the Apes on steroids in every possible ecosystem. Yes, Evolution News & Views provide…

(Yeah, I just can’t get over this particular Evolution News & Views story.)

[Timothy_Horton]

Pretty neat

[Dan_Eastwood]

@AllenWitmerMiller

We are toast in any case. After all, everybody knows that the Theory of Evolution teaches that goldfish and polar bears are rapidly evolving human brains!

{spit-take}