Sexual Health & Medical Wellness A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains May 20, 2026 Susilo Ahmad The landmark discovery pushes back the confirmed genetic history of Treponema pallidum by more than 3,000 years, providing compelling evidence that treponemal diseases circulated in the Americas far earlier than…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness Ancient Treponema pallidum Genome from 5,500-Year-Old Colombian Remains Rewrites History of Human Infectious Disease. May 12, 2026 Susilo Ahmad Scientists have achieved a groundbreaking feat, successfully reconstructing the genome of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium responsible for devastating diseases like syphilis, from human remains dating back approximately 5,500 years. Discovered…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains May 5, 2026 Susilo Ahmad The ancient human remains were meticulously excavated from a rock shelter near present-day Bogotá, a site known as Tequendama 1, which holds significant archaeological importance for understanding early human occupation…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness Ancient Genome Reconstruction of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-Year-Old Human Remains in Colombia Rewrites History of Treponemal Diseases April 28, 2026 Susilo Ahmad Scientists have successfully reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from human remains approximately 5,500 years old, discovered in the Sabana de Bogotá region of Colombia, marking a profound expansion of…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains April 20, 2026 Susilo Ahmad Scientists have successfully reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium responsible for serious infectious diseases like syphilis, from human remains dating back approximately 5,500 years. Unearthed in the Sabana…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains April 4, 2026 Susilo Ahmad This landmark paleogenomic discovery pushes back the known genetic history of Treponema pallidum by more than 3,000 years, offering unprecedented insights into the deep evolutionary past of treponemal diseases in…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains March 27, 2026 Susilo Ahmad The groundbreaking discovery pushes back the documented genetic history of Treponema pallidum by more than 3,000 years, offering compelling new evidence for the ancient presence and diversification of treponemal diseases…
Sexual Health & Medical Wellness A lost disease emerges from 5,500-year-old human remains March 20, 2026 Susilo Ahmad The groundbreaking discovery extends the known genetic history of Treponema pallidum by more than 3,000 years, pushing its documented presence in the Americas back millennia. The ancient genome, recovered from…
