Tuberculosis News
October 4, 2024
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Oct. 3, 2024 — A new study identified that a semi-synthetic compound can be derived from natural compounds and shows potent activity against tuberculosis (TB), including multi-drug resistant ...
Oct. 2, 2024 — A compound found in African wormwood -- a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat many types of illness -- could be effective against tuberculosis, according to a new ...
Oct. 1, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a mechanism that drives the long-term decline in immune response that is observed after tuberculosis (TB) has been successfully treated. Their findings suggest a potential ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — The surprising discovery of a bacterium in a marine sponge from the Great Barrier Reef with striking similarity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis (TB), could ...
Latest Headlines
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Aug. 1, 2024 — Highly localized TB strains are less infectious in cosmopolitan cities and more likely to infect people from the geographic area that is the strain's natural habitat. The research provides the first ...
July 31, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in identifying and synthesizing a group of molecules that can act against the cause of tuberculosis in a new way. They describe that the so-called callyaerins act against ...
June 19, 2024 — Tuberculosis is a serious health threat, and the efficacy of the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis diminishes in adulthood, making booster vaccines a ...
May 8, 2024 — Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — An enzymatic cocktail can kill a variety of mycobacterial species of bacteria, including those that cause ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — A study has identified a combination of medications that may improve blood flow within granulomas, benefiting drug delivery. The study leverages decades of cancer research to study ...
Mar. 22, 2024 — Millions of people are spreading tuberculosis unknowingly - now scientists say they are close to developing a new test that is as simple as the ...
Feb. 6, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes ...
Jan. 18, 2024 — Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide -- and ...
Jan. 4, 2024 — A research team has detected various substances that have a dual effect against tuberculosis: They make the bacteria causing the disease less pathogenic for human immune cells and boost the activity ...
Earlier Headlines
Feb. 27, 2024 — Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens, ...
Jan. 12, 2024 — Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with 10.6 million cases and 1.6 million deaths in 2021 alone. One in five incident TB cases were attributable to malnutrition, more than ...
Nov. 8, 2023 — Medical researchers are striving to fast-track the development of innovative Tuberculosis (TB) treatments. They have announced the start of a phase 2B/C clinical trial program. The announcement is a ...
Oct. 20, 2023 — The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious respiratory infection, to form snake-like cords was first noted nearly 80 years ago. Investigators report the biophysical mechanisms by ...
Oct. 18, 2023 — Different strains of E. coli can outcompete one another to take over the gut, a new study ...
Oct. 10, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a tuberculosis (TB) vaccination strategy that could prevent the leading cause of death among people worldwide living with HIV. The results showed that, when given ...
Oct. 5, 2023 — Researchers have identified a 'guard mechanism' for a protein which attacks microbes in infected cells, opening the possibility of new treatments for Toxoplasma, Chlamydia, Tuberculosis and ...
July 31, 2023 — Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects vulnerable populations including those with limited economic resources, HIV patients, those whose diet is deficient in nutrients and others. Resistant TB ...
May 9, 2023 — New research found that people living with HIV that have had pulmonary tuberculosis had broader and more potent HIV antibody responses and differences in HIV sequences predicted to be antibody ...
Mar. 23, 2023 — Researchers have found that the body's process of removing old and damaged cell parts, is also an essential part of tackling infections that take hold within our cells, like TB. If this natural ...
Mar. 13, 2023 — A team of faculty has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection ...
Mar. 9, 2023 — Neutrophils induce anti-inflammatory -- or M2 -- macrophages deep in their granulocyte core. The dense globular structures of granulomas in animals, particularly in the lungs, have been studied. ...
Feb. 15, 2023 — The microbes responsible for some infections can rapidly mutate into variants that evade detection and treatment. Now, a newly developed procedure could help researchers catch up to these sneaky ...
Jan. 31, 2023 — A research team has developed a novel chemical tool to reveal how bacteria adapt to the host environment and control host cells. This tool can be used to investigate bacterial interactions with the ...
Jan. 27, 2023 — Findings in animal models show that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved antibiotic regimen for multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) may not work for TB ...
Dec. 20, 2022 — Researchers have designed and synthesized analogs of a new antibiotic that is effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria, opening a new front in the fight against these ...
Dec. 16, 2022 — Researchers hope their genome-assembly tool will spur the development of new treatments for bacterial ...
Oct. 3, 2022 — The bacterium that causes tuberculosis has a cousin you've never heard of: MAC. This bacterial complex is everywhere, but most people never show symptoms. Yet some people get very, very sick. ...
Sep. 14, 2022 — Researchers used data from large studies that contained laboratory measurements of two-drug combinations of 12 anti-tuberculosis drugs. Using mathematical models, the team discovered a set of rules ...
Sep. 8, 2022 — A potential new treatment combining natural manuka honey with a widely used drug has been developed by scientists to treat a potentially lethal lung infection and greatly reduce side effects of one ...
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