"At the time, I knew almost nothing about TB. To me, it was a disease of history — something that killed depressive ...

tuberculosis cells. In separate tests on saliva from 11 people diagnosed with TB, the fluorescence technique identified infectious levels of the bacterium within 10 minutes. White blood cell ...

But in fact, tuberculosis is still the world’s deadliest infectious disease. It kills over 1.2 million people per year. That ...

tuberculosis is time-consuming because of the bacterium’s slow growth and resistance to stains used in imaging. To develop a faster method, researchers targeted a protein that the bacterium uses to ...

Early diagnosis and treatment of active Tuberculosis is utmost priority, but identifying the latent TB, especially among the ...

A new study identifying genetic factors contributing to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) susceptibility could represent an important ...

TB is a result of complex interplay between M.tb and human immune cells. While current research can explain why TB manifests ...

In a significant step towards tuberculosis (TB) elimination in Himachal Pradesh, the district TB cell in Kangra organised a ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health Minister Veena George will inaugurate the programmes related to the World Tuberculosis Day and ...

But in 5 to 10 percent of infections, the immune system can’t produce enough white blood cells to surround the invader. M. tuberculosis explodes outward, and active disease begins. Certain ...

"These districts have surpassed 100 per cent screening coverage among vulnerable populations," said Dr A Rajesham, Joint ...