Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research report that innate CD8+ lymphocytes are essential for curbing tuberculosis (TB) the disease. They also discovered that ...

A new technique may one day allow fast, simple detection of the bacteria that causes TB, as well as a way to monitor whether drugs are working. A molecule made in the lab may change the way ...

Tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, with 10.4 million people falling ill and 1.7 million dying from the disease in 2016. OF these deaths 95% of tuberculosis-related deaths ...

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease which attacks the lungs, claims someone's life every 20 seconds and 1.5 million lives worldwide every year. A cure has eluded scientists for more than a ...

Scientists are looking for a new and improved vaccine to prevent tuberculosis (TB). Fortunately, a new approach might enable them to use an existing vaccine, just with a few modifications. From the ...

A new method that analyzes how individual immune cells react to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis could pave the way for new vaccine strategies against this deadly disease, and provide insights ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), results in 1.5 million deaths every year, but as many as two billion people may be infected with Mtb and yet remain ...

Using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), researchers have measured the metabolites of individual cells infected with the strain of tuberculosis (TB) used in vaccines. The analysis ...

Texas Biomedical Research Institute has established a new $2 million Tuberculosis Innovation and Technology Fund supported by philanthropic investment to accelerate future TB discoveries, therapies ...

Tuberculosis treatment still entails the intake several antibiotics over a period of many months and is torturous for many patients. The pathogen's increasing multidrug resistance additionally ...

Researchers believe they've discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free mobile phone minutes. For years, doctors have struggled to get some TB patients to take all their ...