TB

This month marks the 100-year anniversary of BCG, still the only approved vaccine against the lethal pathogen. But there are new vaccines for this wily foe on the horizon.

One hundred years after its invention, BCG has stood the test of time as a vaccine against tuberculosis.

Studies are underway to test whether giving a shot of BCG vaccine could protect doctors and nurses against COVID-19.

Tested in patients with the latent form of tuberculosis, the vaccine prevented the development of the active form of infection in 50 percent more individuals compared with unvaccinated patients.

An early-stage, blood-based assay shows potential as a method for sorting patients with suspected TB from those with other respiratory illnesses.

The US Food and Drug Administration green lights a therapy for an extreme form of multidrug resistant TB.

The information we’ve gathered showed us that warthogs can be used as disease sentinels, avoiding the need to resort to testing valuable or endangered animals.

A new facility located in a congested community with high tuberculosis rates brings basic science and cutting edge techniques into the heart of disease circulation.

A new report from the World Health Organization finds that tuberculosis has infected hundreds of thousands more people around the world than was estimated a year ago.

Tuberculosis is exquisitely adapted to the human body. Researchers need a new game plan for beating it.

A vaccine developed to ward off tuberculosis may help prevent symptoms of multiple sclerosis, according to a new study.

Journals plagiarizing journals; new immune cells combat diabetes; TB-killing vitamin C; analog cell computers; real time fish memory; ant-pitcher plant mutualism

The essential nutrient can kill drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by producing oxidative radicals that damage DNA.

Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.

Comparing the protein profile of a 500-year-old Inca mummy to modern humans reveals an active lung infection prior to sacrifice.

Preserved remains from the Andes yield clues about infectious diseases.

An African rat helps detect tuberculosis in Tanzania, prompting the Mozambique government to pursue a similar project.

Reinvestigating a natural antibiotic compound reveals its potential as a tuberculosis drug.

A cheap pain reliever that can kill drug-resistant, tuberculosis-causing bacteria may never be tested.