News tagged with granulomas

Tuberculosis -- hiding in plain sight

Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The related report by Rahman et al, "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ effector ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

May 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Findings turn events in early TB infection on their head, may lead to new therapy

Masses of immune cells that form as a hallmark of tuberculosis (TB) have long been thought to be the body's way of trying to protect itself by literally walling off the bacteria. But a new study in the January 9th issue of ...

Biology /

Jan 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0