#  The Farhat Lab 

 



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The Farhat lab is a translational lab that combines genomics and informatics to understand and better control drug resistant tuberculosis and other infections. We are particularly interested in bacterial genome wide association, prediction of phenotype from genotype and methodological development around this. We also apply theoretical evolutionary concepts to better understand genetic diversity and population dynamics of bacterial populations in the host.



 

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##  News 

 [Medical Xpress](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-links-tb-strain-infectivity-geographic.html)

 [Which Strains of Tuberculosis Are the Most Infectious? | Harvard Medical School](https://hms.harvard.edu/news/which-strains-tuberculosis-are-most-infectious)

 [Headtopics.com](https://headtopics.com/uk/study-reveals-how-geographic-origins-influence-tuberculosis-56779521)

 [Remdesivir-resistant COVID case sets off few alarms](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/few-alarms-over-cases-of-drug-resistant-covid/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020211214%20(1))

 [Study identifies need to improve patient retention in the National TB Elimination Programme, highlights patients’ trust relation](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/national-tuberculosis-elimination-programme-study-patient-retention-7600067/)

 [Innovative tools take aim at antibiotic-resistant microbes](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02292-1)

 [Study identifies concerning delays in TB diagnoses in the United States](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210322195840.htm)

 [AI model predicts TB resistance](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/05/harvard-undergrads-ai-model-predicts-tb-resistance/)

 [Big data targets drug resistance](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/06/ensuring-antibiotic-effectiveness-with-big-data/)

 [Predicting TB's behavior](https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/hms-ptb073117.php)

 [Genetic drug-sensitivity tests can predict response to tuberculosis treatment in hours](https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/08/08/genetic-drug-sensitivity-tests-can-predict-response-tuberculosis-treatment-hours/)

 [Resistance Fighters](https://hms.harvard.edu/news/resistance-fighters)

 [TB: Genetic drug resistance as good in gauging treatment outcome, death risk as traditional culture-based tests](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-08-tb-genetic-drug-resistance-good.html)

 [Molecular tests that detect drug-resistant TB may become faster alternative to traditional testing](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20170804/Molecular-tests-that-detect-drug-resistant-TBc2a0may-become-faster-alternative-to-traditional-testing.aspx)