Disseminated tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis (TB) where mycobacteria spread via blood to other organs beyond the lungs. It can cause severe multiple-organ damage in the absence of early ...

Australian medical researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have successfully developed and tested a new type of vaccine targeting tuberculosis (TB), the world's top ...

Infants who received BCG [bacille Calmette-Guérin] vaccination at birth had protection against tuberculosis into early childhood, but that protection largely disappeared in only a few years, according ...

A recent study found that markers of platelet activity are increased in plasma of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and these are then normalized with antimycobacterial treatment. The researchers ...

Every day, thousands of Americans prick their fingers and stab their legs, bellies and buttocks four, five—maybe even 10 times a day. The CDC estimates more than 30 million people in the U.S. have ...

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) is a type of tuberculosis that affects the urinary system, genital organs, or both. It can lead to symptoms such as pain, blood in urine, or increased urinary ...

Researchers in Boston are working to determine if an old tuberculosis vaccine could be the key to treating type 1 diabetes.

The bacteria that cause the devastating disease tuberculosis have the ability to escape destruction and grow after they are engulfed by lung macrophages, the immune cells that are supposed to destroy ...

African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal ...

Background. Extensive immunopathology occurs in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/tuberculosis (TB) coinfection, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well-defined. Excessive matrix ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Dr. Lu Huang, PhD at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his team are on the cusp of examining a specific type of cell in our lungs that plays a role in ...

(NBC) - There's early evidence a vaccine that's been around for decades might help people with Type 1 diabetes. The study is small -- just nine patients-- but researchers at Massachusetts General ...