Macrophages—the front line of our immune system—protect us from infections. But in the case of the tuberculosis bacteria, this often goes wrong. The group of Annemarie Meijer from the Leiden Institute of Biology has now ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2021
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Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers passes between members of the same species at least twice as often than between cow and badger, a study has found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2019
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Tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, infecting about one-quarter of the world's population. Although it is treatable, the rise of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis poses a major threat to global health ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 28, 2021
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In the past 50 years, only one new tuberculosis drug has come on to the market, yet many more active substances are urgently needed. Current treatments increasingly fail due to multidrug-resistant pathogens. ETH researchers ...
Biochemistry
Jul 2, 2014
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A new study explores how tuberculosis (TB) controls its own growth on a molecular level. The research team behind the study, led by the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford, propose that this identifies ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 8, 2021
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In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Stockholm University show for the first time how NrdR binds to DNA to inhibit RNR. The novel mechanism could help scientists design better antibiotics by ...
Biochemistry
May 19, 2022
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Researchers have developed a novel genome assembly tool that could spur the development of new treatments for tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2022
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Bacteria tend to be more frugal when constructing proteins for use outside of the cell versus internally, saving their energy for synthesizing compounds that can be recycled, according to research published in the current ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 1, 2010
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Imagine if all childhood vaccines could get delivered with an inhaler rather than shots; or wiping away tuberculosis bacteria in a patient's lungs with an inhaler; or disinfecting a hospital room thoroughly with a diffuser.
Engineering
Apr 11, 2018
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The first study to test for bovine tuberculosis in badgers on the edge of the cattle TB epidemic in England, has shown that one in five badgers tested positive for the disease.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2018
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