Despite longstanding reliance on sputum smear microscopy, culture methods, and chest X-rays, conventional TB diagnostics ...

Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer ...

Tuberculosis treatment is shortened to six months by the indispensable addition of pyrazinamide (PZA) to the drug regimen that includes isoniazid and rifampin1,2. PZA is a pro-drug of pyrazinoic ...

May 5, 2025 — Chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world's deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler ...

Researchers at the Ragon Institute have made a significant discovery about how antibodies can directly enhance the body's ability to fight Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria ...

Harvard University researchers at the Broad Institute report that expansion in situ genome sequencing (ExIGS) linked nuclear abnormalities to hotspots of aberrant chromatin regulation, potentially ...

Kusha Kapila opens up about rapid weight loss journey: ‘I was diagnosed with tuberculosis…was starving…’ Kusha Kapila opened up about her constant struggle with weight gain and weight loss.

Kusha Kapila recently opened up about her transformative weight loss journey, sharing an emotional video that revealed struggles with a major health scare, body image, and past trauma. Amid ...

Super-resolution microscopy II Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM, e.g. STORM, PALM, DNA-PAINT), single particle tracking: 12.02.2021 12:00-12:45 Online seminar: Super-resolution microscopy ...

A new study challenges the belief that Europeans introduced leprosy to the Americas, revealing it was endemic among Indigenous populations before their arrival.

The emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis highlights the need to discover new antitubercular agents. Here we describe the synthesis and ...