A new study by University of Bath scientists has highlighted two new potential families of drug molecules that could open the ...

However, infectious diseases that were hitherto under control are re-emerging globally and the pathogens of these diseases are highly resistant to known antibiotics.

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB ...

A new article published in Nature offers a promising path toward a shorter, more effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB), a ...

BCG therapy—the gold standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), where the cancer has not penetrated ...

How accurate are low-complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in children? - There is limited evidence that LC-mNAATs can correctly identify pulmonary ...

Tuberculosis doesn't develop quickly and only in a small fraction of the people who are infected," Dr. Schnappinger explained. Such enormous, lengthy clinical trials can cost hundreds of millions ...

Tuberculosis, the world’s oldest and deadliest pandemic, has been plaguing us for well over 4,000 years, with a relative of TB bacteria detected since the dinosaur age, and an ancestor having ...

Tuberculosis Research Section scientists collapse in the bog after a long day collecting sphagnum core samples at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. Front: Clif Barry (Left ...

TB bacteria are successful at surviving in humans because some parts of the infection can quickly evolve within their host, allowing these outliers to avoid detection or resist treatment. If someone ...