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 ...

Scientists have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) is working to guide 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Researchers discovered an enzyme structure in Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis — that could aid in the development of new TB drugs, according to a study published ...

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 ...