Tuberculosis remains a major health challenge in South Africa, but professional nurse Nhlanhla Mofokeng is determined to ...

A new study by University of Bath scientists has highlighted two new potential families of drug molecules that could open the ...

Researchers have identified two new drug families that block a key tuberculosis (TB) enzyme, offering hope for novel ...

Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been infecting hominids even before the emergence of Homo sapiens over 200,000 years ago. Scientists have known about this bacterium and its role in causing disease for ...

One of the major challenges in tuberculosis (TB) management is to identify the different stages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Although a quarter of the global population is estimated ...

There are many things we’ve learned from studying the ancient Egyptians. One especially fascinating discovery was evidence of ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin revaccination shows no efficacy in preventing sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection compared with placebo in adolescents in a phase 2b study.

Through the model, TN aims to reduce the average time for TB patients from diagnosis to getting admitted to the hospital ...

By targeting a previously unexploited metabolic pathway essential for bacterial survival, the drug candidate may offer the ...

In the dry, windswept valleys of Northern Chile, two ancient skeletons are changing how scientists understand the history of ...

These samples would be sequenced as per World Health Organisation (WHO)'s genome Atlas to analyse the genetic makeup of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB.BJ Medical College is ...