A new credit card-sized tuberculosis (TB) test, requiring no electricity, could revolutionize detection in HIV hotspots by ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB ...

Current tuberculosis infection tests struggle to detect the disease in those with HIV. A common co-infection, HIV can hide TB from traditional tests ...

A portable diagnostic device that uses a beetle-inspired chemical reaction has shown improved detection of tuberculosis in ...

In 2023, tuberculosis claimed approximately 1·3 million lives,1 providing a stark reminder of the persistent inequities and ...

A study in Nature Communications reveals, for the first time, how the transcriptomic profile of human tuberculosis lung lesions is correlated with clinical data from the same patients.

A light-activated probe reveals TB immune system evasion mechanisms Date: April 21, 2025 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than ...

We reduced tuberculosis by over 99 percent in the United States and other rich countries, ... H.I.V. infection, which make the immune system weaker. But in a lot of individual cases, ...

A new tuberculosis vaccine, called RUTI, was tested on 40 patients in a pilot study to explore better treatment outcomes. In this trial, the RUTI vaccine was administered alongside the standard BCG ...

The body’s first line of defense against tuberculosis involves immune cells that suppress lung inflammation instead of activating it. The findigs point at ways to improve existing, but ...

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.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the respiratory disease tuberculosis, caused 1.6 million deaths in 2021. Tuberculosis, despite being preventable and curable, is responsible for ...