The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests ...

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 ...

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

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

Tuberculosis remains one of the most lethal infectious diseases caused by a single pathogen. According to the latest global ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has played a pivotal role in the resurgence of TB. Cases increased globally by 4.6% from 2020 to 2023, reversing decades of steady declines in the disease. In the US alone, TB ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a formidable health challenge, claiming over a million lives annually despite advancements in ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to another person's during coughing, sneezing or talking, according to ...

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Techniques that have enabled this discipline are culture in defined media, replica plating, mutagenesis, transformation, conjugation and transduction. Here, Rose et al show that Ca. M. amalyticus ...