Leonidas Platanias, MD: Since its discovery in 1882, over 1 billion people have died from tuberculosis, including great composers, like Chopin, Purcell, Lili Boulanger, Stravinsky. One can only imagine how the world would be today if medical research had not found TB drugs. Science is priceless.

Since its discovery in 1882, over 1 billion people have died from tuberculosis, including great composers, like Chopin, Purcell, Lili Boulanger, Stravinsky. One can only imagine how the world would be today if medical research had not found TB drugs. Science is priceless.