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New Details of Tuberculosis Protein-Cleaving Machinery Revealed
May 11, 2010 — Scientists looking for new ways to fight tuberculosis (TB) have their sights set on a structure essential to the bacterium's survival. Disabling this structure could kill the microbes in the infected ... > full story -
Metabolic Vulnerability in Tuberculosis and Potential Drug Target Discovered
May 10, 2010 — The cause of tuberculosis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a slow-growing aerobic bacterium that divides every 16 to 20 hours. Scientists know that carbon metabolism plays a significant role in ... > full story -
New Avenues for Overcoming Tuberculosis Drug Resistance
April 27, 2010 — Researchers are working to eliminate inherent drug resistance to tuberculosis, which may help in the battle against the emerging extensively drug-resistant TB ... > full story -
Lengthening Time a Drug Remains Bound to a Target May Lead to Improving Diagnostics, Therapy
April 25, 2010 — Studies indicate that modifications that enhance the time a drug remains bound to its target, or residence time, may lead to better diagnostic and therapeutic ... > full story -
Aerosols: New Tool Against Tuberculosis?
April 15, 2010 — Scientists have developed a new strategy for treating tuberculosis using dry powder aerosols that could be delivered with an ... > full story -
Experimental Immune-Boosting Drug Worsens Tuberculosis in Mice
April 12, 2010 — An experimental drug that boosts production of the immune system protein interferon worsens tuberculosis in mice, according to ... > full story -
Small Molecules Have Big Impact for TB Bacteria
March 31, 2010 — Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses extraordinary survival ability by masking itself from the host immune system and persisting for decades inside the host. Recent research provides further insight ... > full story -
Tuberculosis Good and Bad News: Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise, but TB Bacterium Might Be More Resistant Than Thought
March 30, 2010 — Two new tuberculosis studies provide good news and bad news about the bacterium that infects nearly a third of the world's population and a disease that kills nearly 2 million people each year. The ... > full story -
Fat Clue to Triggering Latent Tuberculosis
March 29, 2010 — The factors instrumental in triggering latent tuberculosis infection to progress into active disease have long remained elusive to researchers. New insight into the mystery is provided by research ... > full story -
Older People and Those With HIV Are More Vulnerable to Tuberculosis
March 24, 2010 — A new study has revealed those sections of the population that are most vulnerable to tuberculosis. The research shows that the highest death rates from this disease are among those aged over 50 or ... > full story
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