RESEARCHERS CRACK GENETIC CODE FOR SYPHILIS.(MAIN)

Byline: -- Newsday

The scientific group that cracked the genetic code for the microbes causing Lyme disease and ulcers in just the last 12 months has now sequenced the entire genome for syphilis, an achievement that researchers say opens the way for better diagnosis of the disease and, perhaps, vaccine development.

This devastating venereal disease has been poorly understood, experts say, because no one has been able to grow the microbe in …