M. tuberculosis, the etiological agent of TB is one of the most effective human pathogens and is responsible for 2.2 million deaths every year (1 death every 10 seconds). It is estimated that a total ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to another person's during coughing, sneezing or talking, according to ...

Much of the research on tuberculosis centers on its pathophysiology—the mechanisms by which the bacteria take over and infect ...

However, how Mtb manipulates host molecular switches of cell death pathways to reprogram cell death modalities and drive tuberculosis pathogenesis remains poorly understood. In a study published ...

1 Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ...

IC31 did not reduce the risk of recurrent disease in individuals who completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

We are broadly interested in the biology of mycobacteria, which include the major human pathogen M. tuberculosis, the nonpathogenic model organism M. smegmatis, and the cancer biotherapeutic agent BCG ...