Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide - and ...
Lung-on-chip model made of cells derived from a single person furthers understanding of tuberculosis and potential ...
The chip can simulate breathing and lung disease for an individual, holding promise for testing personalized treatments for tuberculosis.
La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) is working to guide the development of new tuberculosis vaccines and drug therapies. "This research gives us a better understanding of T cell responses to ...
Macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis were fixed and imaged at four hours and 72 h postinfection. (Scale bar, 4 μm.) LAM labeling with oxaziridines persists for up to 72 h. Images are ...
A fluorescence microscopy image reveals the tuberculosis-causing bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis after an antimicrobial treatment. Membranes are stained red, DNA blue and areas of membrane ...
Researchers have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that causes the deadly disease. Researchers ...
As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March ...
Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and ...