One of the main challenges for tuberculosis (TB) therapy is how to deliver drugs to the site of disease. Once the body’s immune system is infected with tuberculosis, it forms granulomas—tight clusters ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For 70 years, clinicians thought they knew the shape of tuberculosis granulomas in the lungs of patients. Histology — the study of microscopic structures in thin slices of lung ...

A new study partially explains why tuberculosis infections easily take hold in the host's lungs and suggests that boosting T cell response is key to creating a therapy that can shut down the infection ...

Granuloma structure and distribution of the antibiotic BTZ-043 in differently stained tissue sections of two tuberculosis granulomas. The stains show (in z-shaped order from top left to bottom right): ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers examined the blood samples of people living with tuberculosis and found unexpected links with cancer. TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images A study, led by ...

In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is both microscopic in size and global in consequence. The subject of Aldridge’s ...

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Kansas recently confirmed one of the largest Tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history. This has prompted renewed focus on prevention efforts and public health preparedness. While the United States ...

A promising new cancer therapy also appears extremely potent against one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB). Scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute ...

In a person with active tuberculosis, immune activity can promote bacterial clearance, but in some situations, bacteria persist and grow. New research in an animal model of tuberculosis reveals which ...