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 ...

New research has found that delivering a stronger form of the tuberculosis vaccine directly to the lungs can help generate ...

More information: Kaori L. Fonseca et al, Unravelling the transcriptome of the human tuberculosis lesion and its clinical implications, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60255-w ...

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 ...

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 ...