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Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB): is an contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body.
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AUG 19, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Benztropine, a drug prescribed for tremors in Parkinson’s disease, has shown promise against tuberculosis (TB) in ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 12, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinicians may soon be able to use a fingerprint to determine whether a tuberculosis patient has taken the proper antibi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2024Microbiology
Tuberculosis leads to the death of about 1.5 million people around the world every year. From 2022 to 2023, there was a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible for a very sensitive detection system to tell the difference between the causes of coughs? New research s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in much of the world. It was the primary cause of death from an infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2023Health & Medicine
By harnessing a cellular process called autophagy, researchers at hope to boost our body's ability to protect against in ...Written By: Amielle MorenoNOV 11, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide (prior to, and aside from COVID-19 infections). Acc ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizNOV 10, 2022Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes TB, which is still a major public health problem in m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2022Microbiology
Labroots’ virtual events are a tremendous way to network and learn about the research of others in your field. The ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 19, 2022Microbiology
Labroots’ virtual events are a fantastic way to network and learn about the work of other researchers in your fiel ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 11, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Inhaled aerosol vaccines provide more protection than nasal sprays and evoke a stronger immune response. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 06, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A new class of antibiotics has shown promise in preclinical trials against drug-resistant tuberculosis. The correspondin ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 19, 2022Immunology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that is thought to have been around for about 150 mil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
There are nearly a million cases of tuberculosis (TB) every year, and over 80 percent of childhood deaths from TB occur ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2020Microbiology
The pathogenic bacterium that causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, does not multiply quickly, so researchers ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Rapid drug discovery saves lives and new technology is aiming to do just that in the fight against tuberculosis. Learn m ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 07, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Nature Microbiology describes how an old antibiotic used for Tuberculosis can be powerful tr ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 19, 2020Immunology
In the early 1900s, French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin spent the better half of a decade developi ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 08, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The spread of COVID-19 has panned out very differently in different countries. While in some such as the US, the UK and ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Benztropine, a drug prescribed for tremors in Parkinson’s disease, has shown promise against tuberculosis (TB) in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 12, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinicians may soon be able to use a fingerprint to determine whether a tuberculosis patient has taken the proper antibi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2024
Microbiology
Tuberculosis leads to the death of about 1.5 million people around the world every year. From 2022 to 2023, there was a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible for a very sensitive detection system to tell the difference between the causes of coughs? New research s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in much of the world. It was the primary cause of death from an infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2023
Health & Medicine
By harnessing a cellular process called autophagy, researchers at hope to boost our body's ability to protect against in
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide (prior to, and aside from COVID-19 infections). Acc
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
NOV 10, 2022
Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes TB, which is still a major public health problem in m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2022
Microbiology
Labroots’ virtual events are a tremendous way to network and learn about the research of others in your field. The
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 19, 2022
Microbiology
Labroots’ virtual events are a fantastic way to network and learn about the work of other researchers in your fiel
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Inhaled aerosol vaccines provide more protection than nasal sprays and evoke a stronger immune response. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 06, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A new class of antibiotics has shown promise in preclinical trials against drug-resistant tuberculosis. The correspondin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 19, 2022
Immunology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that is thought to have been around for about 150 mil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are nearly a million cases of tuberculosis (TB) every year, and over 80 percent of childhood deaths from TB occur
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2020
Microbiology
The pathogenic bacterium that causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, does not multiply quickly, so researchers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Rapid drug discovery saves lives and new technology is aiming to do just that in the fight against tuberculosis. Learn m
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 07, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Nature Microbiology describes how an old antibiotic used for Tuberculosis can be powerful tr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 19, 2020
Immunology
In the early 1900s, French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin spent the better half of a decade developi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 08, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The spread of COVID-19 has panned out very differently in different countries. While in some such as the US, the UK and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered something very unusual about a protein that is thought to be important to the development of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch