Kansas recently confirmed one of the largest Tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history. This has prompted renewed focus on prevention efforts and public health preparedness. While the United States ...

A new study identified that a semi-synthetic compound can be derived from natural compounds and shows potent activity against tuberculosis (TB), including multi-drug resistant TB. A new study ...

What infectious disease is deadliest worldwide? HIV? COVID-19? Malaria? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The answer is tuberculosis. And it kills more than 3,400 ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), which is still a major public health problem in many parts of the world. TB tends to manifest in the lungs, but ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's deadliest infectious disease—and one of the hardest to cure. Standard treatment requires a cocktail of multiple drugs over at least six months, and one in five ...

The center comprises research scientists and their students who share a common interest in understanding the molecular mechanisms of infectious diseases and host defenses against them. It is housed ...