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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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FEB 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 22, 2020Microbiology
Researchers have learned that the bacterium that causes bovine tuberculosis is able to survive and grow inside of amoeba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
What if there was a test that could detect tuberculosis six months before symptoms appear? Researchers at the University ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 23, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the world’s leading causes of death, and is the primary cause of death in people who ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2019Health & Medicine
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment for a severe form of multi-drug-resistan ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 01, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Electron, correlated light, and ion microscopy were combined, and the action of a TB drug was observed. / Image credit: ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2019Health & Medicine
To spread awareness of vaccine safety, New York Times reporters Pam Belluck and Reed Abelson wrote a comprehensive repor ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 15, 2019Health & Medicine
Tuberculosis remains a public health crisis with more than 25% of the world's population having a positive tube ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is a global infection far from being eradicated. It currently infects more than 1,400 people per year in Au ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 16, 2019Health & Medicine
Observations of the human microbiota date back as far as the 1680s when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek noted significant differ ...Written By: Dena ArutaJAN 03, 2019Microbiology
Th mycobacteria family of microbes includes over 70 members, which are everywhere and are often harmless. But they make ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Incredibly, around 20% of the global population is infected with the microbe that causes TB, but only about 10% show any ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2018Microbiology
The pathogen that causes TB has been able to evolve, and often, the typical therapeutic for the illness does not work.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2018Microbiology
Once thought to have come from Africa ~5,000 years ago, the dominant form of this pathogen really came from Europe, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
After 10 years of research, scientists at the University of Manchester have created the first non-antibiotic drug that c ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 04, 2018Immunology
Development of damaging white blood cells occurs during Tuberculosis infection leading to a maladaptive immune response.Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 19, 2018Videos
Biohazards are a common problem in any kind of scientific research, and if a spill of dangerous materials occurs, it can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 11, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists, working with doctors and public health researchers in South Africa, have created a new tuberculosis t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a randomized controlled trial, a TB drug by the name ‘Rifampin’ was seen to effectively kill TB ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at the University of Otago found novel properties of a new anti-tuberculosis drug which may inspire ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 21, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A unique series of genes could tell doctors that a person will develop a tuberculosis (TB) infection months before sympt ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2018Immunology
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria are a serious health concern for the global population, but a new finding offe ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2018Immunology
There might be a link between Tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson’s according to a study published in The EMBO Journal ...Written By: Nouran Amin
FEB 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 22, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers have learned that the bacterium that causes bovine tuberculosis is able to survive and grow inside of amoeba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
What if there was a test that could detect tuberculosis six months before symptoms appear? Researchers at the University
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 23, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the world’s leading causes of death, and is the primary cause of death in people who ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2019
Health & Medicine
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment for a severe form of multi-drug-resistan
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 01, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Electron, correlated light, and ion microscopy were combined, and the action of a TB drug was observed. / Image credit:
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2019
Health & Medicine
To spread awareness of vaccine safety, New York Times reporters Pam Belluck and Reed Abelson wrote a comprehensive repor
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 15, 2019
Health & Medicine
Tuberculosis remains a public health crisis with more than 25% of the world's population having a positive tube
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is a global infection far from being eradicated. It currently infects more than 1,400 people per year in Au
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 16, 2019
Health & Medicine
Observations of the human microbiota date back as far as the 1680s when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek noted significant differ
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JAN 03, 2019
Microbiology
Th mycobacteria family of microbes includes over 70 members, which are everywhere and are often harmless. But they make
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Incredibly, around 20% of the global population is infected with the microbe that causes TB, but only about 10% show any
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2018
Microbiology
The pathogen that causes TB has been able to evolve, and often, the typical therapeutic for the illness does not work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2018
Microbiology
Once thought to have come from Africa ~5,000 years ago, the dominant form of this pathogen really came from Europe, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
After 10 years of research, scientists at the University of Manchester have created the first non-antibiotic drug that c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 04, 2018
Immunology
Development of damaging white blood cells occurs during Tuberculosis infection leading to a maladaptive immune response.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 19, 2018
Videos
Biohazards are a common problem in any kind of scientific research, and if a spill of dangerous materials occurs, it can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists, working with doctors and public health researchers in South Africa, have created a new tuberculosis t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a randomized controlled trial, a TB drug by the name ‘Rifampin’ was seen to effectively kill TB
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at the University of Otago found novel properties of a new anti-tuberculosis drug which may inspire
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 21, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A unique series of genes could tell doctors that a person will develop a tuberculosis (TB) infection months before sympt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2018
Immunology
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria are a serious health concern for the global population, but a new finding offe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2018
Immunology
There might be a link between Tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson’s according to a study published in The EMBO Journal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin