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

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of ...

Four types of lung cells — including immune cells — function together on a chip environment that simulates respiration and ...

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide - and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's most serious public health threats, with approximately one-quarter of the global ...

From the Seshadri Lab as a part of the Cancer Consortium Support Grant To uncover whether these DURTs were associated with resistance to TB following exposure, the researchers utilized their cohort of ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which causes tuberculosis featuring lung ...

New research reveals mechanisms to detect and weaken TB bacteria, offering hope against drug resistance on World TB Day.

Macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis were fixed and imaged at four hours and 72 h postinfection. (Scale bar, 4 μm.) LAM labeling with oxaziridines persists for up to 72 h. Images are ...

Researchers from King’s College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of individual human cells infected with bacteria that model tuberculosis – and ...