Still, for decades, the fight against TB has been frozen in time, even as the bacteria that causes it has become more resistant. The world’s only TB vaccine protects young infants and children but ...

When German biologist and doctor Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacterial cause of tuberculosis, he said, "If the number of victims which a disease claims is the measure ...

The study, published March 7 in PNAS, revealed for the first time that tuberculosis bacteria don't passively endure these transitions but actively engage hundreds of genes to adapt and survive.

An inexpensive, over-the-counter pain reliever can kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB)—even the drug-resistant varieties—according to a new study published online in the Proceedings of the ...

They engineered a strain of M. tuberculosis carrying a triple kill switch, which uses three independent molecular mechanisms to kill the bacteria. Even in severely immunocompromised mice ...

Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs and can be spread through the air. Individuals can have latent tuberculosis, which is not contagious but still requires ...