Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

When German biologist and doctor Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacterial cause of tuberculosis, he said, "If the number of victims which a disease claims is the measure ...

They engineered a strain of M. tuberculosis carrying a triple kill switch, which uses three independent molecular mechanisms to kill the bacteria. Even in severely immunocompromised mice ...

An inexpensive, over-the-counter pain reliever can kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB)—even the drug-resistant varieties—according to a new study published online in the Proceedings of the ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007;52(4):415-416. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection caused by bacteria. It usually affects the lungs, but it can also cause problems in other parts of the body.

Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs and can be spread through the air. Individuals can have latent tuberculosis, which is not contagious but still requires ...

Still, for decades, the fight against TB has been frozen in time, even as the bacteria that causes it has become more resistant. The world’s only TB vaccine protects young infants and children but ...

Engineered Mycobacterium tuberculosis triple-kill-switch strain provides controlled tuberculosis infection in animal models. Nature Microbiology , 2025; 10 (2): 482 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01913-5 ...