As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March 24 raises awareness ...

TB killed more than 1.2 million people in 2023, likely making it once again the deadliest infection on Earth, after it was ...

In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) manipulates host cell death pathways to facilitate infection by promoting necroptosis and inhibiting apoptosis. The Mtb effector ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a formidable health challenge, claiming over a million lives annually despite advancements in ...

A live-attenuated tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in development elicits a much more balanced and effective immune response compared to the existing vaccine used across much of the world, ...

Peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is a form of extrapulmonary TB that primarily affects areas such as the omentum, liver, ...

While tuberculosis (TB) remains under control in many developed ... This system relies on lysins – enzymes that viruses use to break down bacterial cells. By incorporating two lysin genes regulated by ...

Xin Wang et al, Engineered Mycobacterium tuberculosis triple-kill-switch strain provides controlled tuberculosis infection in animal models, Nature Microbiology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01913-5 ...