Tuberculosis (TB), a potentially fatal disease, had been almost wiped out in Britain by the 1970s. But there has been a dramatic rise in cases recently, especially in and around London, where 40 per ...

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A new technology that combines high throughput imaging and machine learning could speed discovery of drugs to fight tuberculosis. Current treatment requires multiple drugs for at least six months and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious or contagious disease. It is caused due to bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spread from person to person through airborne particles i.e. when people ...

THE dangers of ignoring tuberculosis and maintaining it untreatable are surely complications. Just like in the variation of diseases, poor adhesion or interruption in the treatment process will confer ...

A new study has found that patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis receiving anti-TB medications supplemented with nebulized interferon-gamma have fewer bacilli in the lungs and less ...

A patient we'll call Juliet is a young woman you wouldn't have noticed if you had happened upon her in the market or on a bus in the African country where she lived. She looks healthy. But she isn’t.

The modification of the liposomal surface by incorporating negatively charged lipids (e.g., by dicetylphosphate [DCP] incorporation), seems to increase the AM affinity to capture anionic liposomes via ...

Recent progress in knowledge of the tubercle bacillus gives color to hopes that the deadly little beast may in the near future surrender unconditionally to the siege of preventive medicine. The most ...

Tuberculosis patients danced in the corridors of New York City’s Sea View Hospital ten years ago to celebrate their speeding recovery on new drugs, mainly isoniazid, or INH (for isonicotinic acid ...