Scientists have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) is working to guide the ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which causes tuberculosis featuring lung ...

The approach fuses two tuberculosis genes with the goal of directing the immune system to fight drug-tolerant bacterial ...

A new method that analyzes how individual immune cells react to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis could pave the way for new vaccine strategies against this deadly disease, and provide insights ...

A new experimental vaccine takes aim at one of tuberculosis’s most stubborn defenses: the ability of bacteria to persist ...

Jim Sun examines how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades human defenses and forges new ways to control this deadly bacterial ...

Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Epithelial cells line the airways and ...

A new technique may one day allow fast, simple detection of the bacteria that causes TB, as well as a way to monitor whether drugs are working. A molecule made in the lab may change the way ...

Tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, with 10.4 million people falling ill and 1.7 million dying from the disease in 2016. OF these deaths 95% of tuberculosis-related deaths ...

Scientists are looking for a new and improved vaccine to prevent tuberculosis (TB). Fortunately, a new approach might enable them to use an existing vaccine, just with a few modifications. From the ...

Researchers believe they've discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free mobile phone minutes. For years, doctors have struggled to get some TB patients to take all their ...