For 70 years, clinicians thought they knew the shape of tuberculosis granulomas in the lungs of patients. Histology -- the study of microscopic structures in thin slices of lung tissue in the ...

Histology, in contrast, reveals the microscopic anatomy of biological structures. ... atlas of the spectrum of lung lesions in both tuberculosis and COVID-19, at near-microscopic levels.

This lack of three dimensions means histology can miss important pathophysiologies in the damaged lungs of patients with tuberculosis, or TB, and COVID-19, the two deadliest infectious diseases of ...

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

A $5.8 million grant led by Adrie Steyn, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Africa Health Research Institute, or AHRI, in Durban, South Africa, will provide user-requested ...

Pulmonary tuberculosis, which mainly involves your lungs. The infection can cause chest pain, trouble breathing , and lung problems. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, when tuberculosis affects areas of ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins ...

Previous tuberculosis in Gambian children was significantly associated with impaired lung function and health-related quality of life, according to a cross-sectional comparative study published in ...

Tuberculosis and lung damage: from epidemiology to pathophysiology, published in European Respiratory Review by Shruthi Ravimohan, Hardy Kornfeld, Drew Weissman, Gregory P. Bisson (2018): https ...