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A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...
Current treatment for bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis is linked with poor microbiological responses, unfavorable clinical ...
A new study by University of Bath scientists has highlighted two new potential families of drug molecules that could open the door to new treatments for tuberculosis.
Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections.
Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer ...
Public health officials confirm case of tuberculosis at Portland-area middle school. Families express concerns about disease's spread.
Rationale Associations between urban (outdoor) airborne particulate matter (PM) exposure and TB and potential biological mechanisms are poorly explored. Objectives To examine whether in vivo exposure ...
Chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world's deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB tests.
Its biomedical cause is a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. But I would argue that really the cause of it in the 21st century — since we know how to cure the disease — is us.
John Green’s new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, reveals how social injustice sustains the disease, despite available cures and vaccines.
With an abundance of advanced features, the CB2000C trinocular microscope by Celestron Labs is ideal for enthusiasts with little experience.
The tuberculosis patient Henry Reider in Sierra Leone in 2019. Reider’s story is the heart of John Green’s new book. John Green ...