The World Health Organization recognises the test as the “only” enzyme-linked immunospot-based interferon-gamma release assay ...

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal.

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 ...

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

Learn more about the role of Tuberculosis in cancer and how a simple vaccine supports the immune system to fight it.

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

Two doses of a simple tuberculosis vaccination after surgery helps the immune system fight cancer cells and could greatly ...

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