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On July 18, 1921, the first infant was inoculated with a live bovine strain of bacteria (
Mycobacterium bovis). His mother had died from an infection with the closely related human pathogen
M. tuberculosis following his birth at a Paris hospital a few hours earlier. The child’s grandmother, who would care for him, also had tuberculosis (TB). In an attempt to protect the newborn from the disease, doctors gave him an oral dose of what was later named Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, for its developers Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. The duo had cultured
M. bovis for more than a decade until it no longer caused disease in animals.
Dr Adam Canning taking a water sample during an earlier scientific project in the Manawatu Region. Top New Zealand freshwater scientists have answered the question of how much nutrients should be permitted in our rivers to maintain ecosystem health. .
Africa Day celebrates independence, freedom from colonialism, and looking forwards to a peacful and thriving future in the 55 African Union nations. This year’s theme is “Arts, Culture and Heritage” and UCS is helping to raise up climate change in that context.
Climate change is probably the fastes