A new nano-based drug delivery technology could outwit tuberculosis (TB)—one of humanity's most ancient diseases.

Fred Sesti, nurse practitioner with Regional Medical Associates, Jackson agreed to help explain tuberculosis. Question: Could you explain what tuberculosis is and how it affects the body? Answer: ...

Administering a repurposed drug to treat tuberculosis through the lungs instead of orally is effective at a dose estimated up to 10 times less, and can potentially reduce toxicity to the body, ...

Two new studies cast light on disease processes in tuberculosis (TB), identifying key genetic changes that cause damage in the lungs and a drug treatment that could speed up recovery. The findings are ...

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Johns Hopkins researchers have found evidence in mice that a tuberculosis (TB) infection in the lungs triggers immune system signaling to the gut that temporarily decreases the diversity of bacteria ...

Old lungs are not as capable as young lungs of fighting off an infection of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), placing seniors at a greater risk of developing TB. The microbe that causes this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with COPD in South Korea, with an intermediate tuberculosis burden, history of pulmonary TB was ...

Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to Rutgers researchers. The findings, published in ...

A case of tuberculosis was reported at North Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools confirmed on Wednesday.

Andrew Speaker, the tuberculosis patient who caused an international public health scare in May, underwent successful surgery Tuesday to remove a diseased portion of his right lung, hospital officials ...