In 1946 , while working in a leprosy sanatorium , the physician paul brand discovered that the deformities of leprosy were not an intrinsic part of the disease , but rather a consequence of the progressive devastation of infection and injury , which occurred because the patient was unable to feel pain .
Scientists have discovered that generations of urban living develops resistance to tb , leprosy and other diseases
科学家们发现,城市生活的世代居民抵抗结核病,麻风病和其他疾病的能力更强。
Then the researchers zeroed in on a gene variant that offers protection against diseases like tuberculosis or leprosy .
然后,科学家们将全部注意力放在一种可抵抗结核病或麻风病之类的疾病的基因变体上。
Spuds were variously thought to cause leprosy , to be fit only for animals , to be associated with the devil or to be poisonous .
马铃薯当时被认为会引起麻风病,只适合动物吃,与恶魔有关,而且有毒。
Researchers discovered that people who have a history of living in more populated regions are more likely to have a genetic variant which gives them a resistance to diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy .