Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

Study by MIT and others identifies genes essential for tuberculosis bacterium’s survival during airborne transmission.

The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...

Reports of TB date back to around 410-400 B.C.E., when the physician Hippocrates termed the disease phthisis, an archaic word that means a progressive “wasting away,” due to the way people with the ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...