The goal of the study is to investigate host genetic and immunologic predictors of resistance to M. tuberculosis infection and progression from latent M. tuberculosis infection to active tuberculosis ...

CHAPEL HILL -- New research led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientist shows for the first time how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the germ responsible for TB, uses a system for ...

New observations of the early stages of tuberculosis infection may turn scientists' understanding of the bug's pathogenesis on its head: clumps of immune cells, called granulomas, long thought to ...

The chip can simulate breathing and lung disease for an individual, holding promise for testing personalized treatments for tuberculosis.

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious respiratory infection, to form snake-like cords was first noted nearly 80 years ago. In a study published October 20 in the journal Cell, ...

1 Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background. Tuberculosis is an urgent public health problem caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Many factors, including host ...

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Tuberculosis is both curable and preventable, yet each year, it still kills more people than any other infectious disease. One reason is that current treatments hinge on rifampicin, an antibiotic that ...

Tuberculosis and polio vaccines are being tested to see if they could possibly protect patients from COVID-19, scientists told The Washington Post. “This is the only vaccine in the world that can be ...