Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most common infectious diseases. Although infection with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium primarily affects the lungs, up to 25% of all infected people ...

Tuberculosis kills about 1.3 million people each year, making it one of the most lethal infectious diseases in the world. Now, molecular biologist Yohei Kirino, Ph.D. and his research team at Thomas ...

Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of infectious mortality worldwide, driven by the airborne transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the emergence of drug-resistant strains. The only licensed ...

There is no highly effective vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), which remains an infection of global concern. Charles Kyriakos Vorkas, MD, an infectious diseases physician-scientist at the Renaissance ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis(TB) – and it involves the bacteria harnessing part of the immune system meant ...

The body’s first line of defense against tuberculosis (TB) involves immune cells that suppress lung inflammation instead of activating it, reported University of Pittsburgh and the Ragon Institute of ...

In the battle against infectious diseases, vaccines are the most powerful allies for building immune responses. In line with this, a recent study indicates that Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) boosters ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery that could lead to new strategies for fighting one of the world ...

Swati Jaiswal is a postdoctoral researcher at UMass Chan Medical School. Her research focuses on deciphering the complex dialogue between pathogens and the host immune system, with implications for ...