The research uncovers new signs of the bacterial that causes leprosy and genetics may contribute to the development of a new approach which it is difficult to explain an exactly account of the disease.

The Microbacteriul Leprae can not be cultures in the laboratory and therefore to gain the biological understanding of leprosy.
Today the disease is curable and an early diagnosis is very important to prevent devastating effects. By increasing the effectiveness of multi drug therapy, the WHO strategic plan is to achieve the goal of less than 1 case per 10.000 population, but shares a similar bacterium with) at present it is considered quite often as an emerging disease and the eradicating leprosy is not readily available yet.

Leprosy is as old as the hills and wears always the same mask of stigma and rejection in the course of centuries. A mask always tragic, and human beings are behind with the same feelings of any normal person.