One of the key glycans in M. tuberculosis, known as ManLAM, contains a rare sugar known as MTX, which is unusual in that it has a thioether—a sulfur atom sandwiched between two carbon atoms. This ...

Getting the BCG shot in the trial did induce T-cell response but without an impact on sustained conversion to a positive ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to cause substantial illness globally. The efficacy of BCG revaccination for the prevention of sustained M. tuberculosis infection is unclear. New research ...

When M. tuberculosis is attacked by a host's macrophage immune cells, the mycomembrane produces compounds that suppress the infected host's immune response. Previously, Ben Swarts, Sloan Siegrist ...

When M. tuberculosis is attacked by a host's macrophage immune cells, the mycomembrane produces compounds that suppress the infected host's immune response. Previously, Ben Swarts, Sloan Siegrist ...

This hijack of a typically healthy molecular pathway has significant advantages for M. tuberculosis, says Medha Singh, Ph.D., the study's first author and a pediatric infectious diseases fellow in ...

Multnomah County health officials have confirmed an active case of tuberculosis at a Portland middle school. Officials said ...

The curable disease, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, resulted in 1.25 million deaths in 2023, according to ...

In a recent report ahead of the March 24 Global TB Day, the World Health Organization recalled that the malady remained one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide, causing 1.25 million ...

One of the key glycans in M. tuberculosis, known as ManLAM, contains a rare sugar known as MTX, which is unusual in that it has a thioether — a sulfur atom sandwiched between two carbon atoms.

When M. tuberculosis is attacked by a host’s macrophage immune cells, the mycomembrane produces compounds that suppress the infected host’s immune response. Previously, Ben Swarts, Sloan Siegrist and ...