35,000-Year-Old Fossils From Central Europe Reveals First Known Tuberculosis Case in Neanderthals

Medicine & Technology Feb 06, 2024

DNA analysis of Neanderthal bones from Hungary has revealed evidence of tuberculosis which may have contributed to their extinction. Check it out in this article.

Tuberculosis Therapy Uses Targeted Drug Delivery With Nanoparticles, Providing a New Approach in Fighting Antibiotic Resistance

Jun 28, 2023

A group of scientists developed a new approach in treating tuberculosis where nanoparticles are used for targeted drug delivery. Find out more about it this article.

TB Transmission: How Does the Body’s Response to Different Strains Potentially Affect Spread of Disease?

Apr 18, 2022

Two strains of bacterium causing tuberculosis were found to have an effect on the disease’s transmission. Find out how these variants impact such TB spread.

Tuberculosis Come from Sea Lions, Seals? Ancient DNA Found in 3 TB Genomes Shows Proof

Mar 14, 2022

New study showed tuberculosis may have come from marine mammals like seals and sea lions. Find out how the disease occurred in humans through three TB genomes.

Bovine Tuberculosis Detected in Montana Beef Cattle Herd Prompting Mass Testing, Quarantine

Oct 08, 2021

The Montana Department of Livestock announced that an epidemiological investigation is underway to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis, a disease contagious to wildlife and humans.

Gene Variant Evolution: How People Become Vulnerable to Tuberculosis

Mar 04, 2021

Scientists revealed how the evolution of a gene variant makes humans susceptible to tuberculosis. They were able to track the rise and fall of the illness for the past thousands of years.

Scientists Are Working to Link Tuberculosis Vaccines and COVID-19

Jul 11, 2020

Tuberculosis vaccines may help reduce vulnerability to coronavirus and decrease mortality rates as well. Scientists are working on establishing a link between the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine and Covid-19.

Tuberculosis Eradication by 2045

Mar 23, 2019

Experts have declared that they are looking at the eradication of the dreaded Tuberculosis by year 2045. Nobody has to die of it again.

Tuberculosis Elimination By 2035 In Peril After Research Funding Crashes

Nov 29, 2015

Treatment Action Group states that the financial situation of tuberculosis research is crashing down year-by-year.

Diabetes and Tuberculosis: When One Leads to the Other

Oct 29, 2014

Experts sound alarm as diabetes increases cases of TB.

(Editorial) Tuberculosis: Reports, Projections, and Aspirations

Oct 23, 2014

Can tuberculosis be fully eradicated considering the still high number of TB cases in recent years?