New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, resulting in more than 1·25 million deaths in 2023 alone.1 During ...

In a major positive step for global respiratory health, Member States at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA), held May 19–27 ...

Radiologists are studying how artificial intelligence might help them catch lung cancer nodules at an earlier stage.

A new credit card-sized tuberculosis (TB) test, requiring no electricity, could revolutionize detection in HIV hotspots by ...

How accurate are low-complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in children? - There is limited evidence that LC-mNAATs can correctly identify pulmonary ...

Tuberculosis kills 1.3 million people each year, making it the deadliest infectious disease in the world, write KJ Seung and.

In mouse studies, the minimal effective dose needed to prevent gross lesions (6.25 mg/kg) was similar to the bactericidal dose (dose needed to reduce lung and spleen colony counts by 3 log; 12.5 ...

TMC207 TMC207 (also known as R207910 or the 'J' compound) is a diarylquinoline that inhibits the proton pump of M. tuberculosis 's ATP synthase, a novel mechanism of action. It was discovered by ...

Beyond bringing back diseases like measles and TB, defunding NIH will cost the United States its leading role in global health research.

The risk for death/delisting continued to be significantly higher in the time before November 2017 vs. the time of CAS implementation for both patients in the top 5% of waitlist urgency at listing ...

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 ...