Scientists find cure for TB strain resistant to current treatment
sanjeri/iStock When she joined a trial of new tuberculosis drugs, the dying young woman weighed just 57 pounds. Stricken with ...
Waking up sleeping bacteria to fight infections
Researchers in the group of Jan Michiels (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology) identified a mechanism of how sleepy bacteria wake ...
Scorpion venom compounds can kill dangerous bacteria
Detail of photograph showing Prof. Richard Zare holding a Diplocentrus melici, a type of scorpion with venom that has healing ...
Researchers identify faster, more effective drug combinations to treat tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a potentially deadly though curable disease. Each year about 10 million people develop active cases, and 1.6 ...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis reversed in lab
Drug-resistant tuberculosis reversed in lab About 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, making it the most lethal ...
Researchers develop new tuberculosis treatment
Led by researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), a team of researchers has developed a new treatment ...
TB: Promising new drugs for old pathogen Mtb
Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient and notoriously difficult disease to treat, has killed millions through the course of human history; and ...
New tuberculosis drug may shorten treatment time for patients
Vitamin D has been found to speed up the clearance of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria from the lungs of people with ...
Fixed-dose combinations vs. single-drug for treating pulmonary TB
A research team from Spain has prepared a Cochrane Systematic Review that explores the efficacy, safety, and adherence to fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) ...
Penn experts to devise improved diagnostic tool for tuberculosis
A team of Penn doctors and engineers has been awarded a $100,000 grant to develop an unusual new way of diagnosing tuberculosis ...
New blood test for the detection of bovine TB
A new blood test to detect Mycobacteria in blood has been developed by a team at The University of Nottingham ...
Researchers created genetic blueprint of TB bacteria, then used it to predict, rank potential drug targets
Researchers have deciphered how the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis is able to tolerate the recently approved FDA drug bedaquiline. The ...