The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious respiratory infection, to form snake-like cords was first noted nearly 80 years ago. In a study published October 20 in the journal Cell ...

Tuberculosis bacteria. ... In animals lacking innate CD8+ cells, researchers identified more bacterial dissemination across lungs and lymph nodes, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a prevalent infectious disease that affects millions of people each year. It was previously the leading cause of death from a single pathogen before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease that has co-evolved with humans for millenia and is “arguably the most successful human bacterial pathogen,” the authors wrote.

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

Once the body's immune system is infected with tuberculosis, it forms granulomas -- tight clusters of white blood cells -- in an attempt to wall off the infection-causing bacteria in the lungs.

A new tuberculosis vaccine candidate recombinant protein with additional post-translational modifications occurring in Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells Date: June 19, 2024 Source: Niigata ...