Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs, while others ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more different medicines. In this Spotlight special briefing, we zoom in on what makes the ...

Tessella Biosciences, a McMaster University-backed start-up, has produced a bioink that can be used to 3D print simulated lung tissue.

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1 Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) continues to exert a significant toll as the leading cause of mortality among infectious lung diseases worldwide. According to the World Health Organization’s Global ...

Ravimohan, S., Kornfeld, H., Weissman, D. and Bisson, G.P. (2018) Tuberculosis and Lung Damage From Epidemiology to Pathophysiology. European Respiratory Review, 27 ...

Tackling tuberculosis together with its underlying drivers and its intersections with lung health can lower cost and maximise output, easing the pressure that countries are facing to prioritise ...

Two of the diseases that can have a serious impact on lung function are Tuberculosis (TB) and Pulmonary Fibrosis. While both result in respiratory symptoms and lung injury, they are radically ...

Thus, collagen I is an ideal biomarker for early and accurate detection of lung fibrosis and monitoring its progression and regression quantitatively. (17,30) Unfortunately, this early-stage ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a severe, long-term, life-threatening respiratory illness. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of COPD and the ...