AURORA, Colorado (CNN)-- The Atlanta lawyer with tuberculosis who caused an international ... to remove the diseased portion of one of his lungs. Andrew Speaker, 31, had the roughly two-hour ...

TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a type of bacterial species. In early stages, infected lung cells limit spread ...

Bronchiectasis is fairly common in India, the commonest cause being the scarring after an infection such as tuberculosis ... Scar tissue, whether in the lung substance or the tubes of the lungs ...

When an individual becomes infected with tuberculosis, the bacteria most commonly spread to the lungs, replicate and form large masses called tubercles. These tubercles can break down lung tissue and ...

A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has demonstrated that an AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts by 9% in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

5. Avoid smoking and limit alcohol consumption Smoking destroys lung tissue and increases the risk of tuberculosis. E-cigarettes and vaping also reduce lung strength. Quitting smoking or reducing ...

In a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, the addition of navitoclax to the standard TB treatment significantly increased ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, investigators ...

TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a type of bacterial species. In early stages, infected lung cells limit spread ... and damage to surrounding tissue. While apoptosis could be compared ...

TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a type of bacterial species. In early stages, infected lung cells limit spread ... and damage to surrounding tissue. While apoptosis could be compared ...