Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

People and animals are very susceptible to infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bacterium that causes ...

Built using pluripotent stem cells, this tiny lung could help push science away from animal testing as well as open the doors ...

An international team co-led by the University of Exeter discovered that Mycobacterium tuberculosis hijacks the immune ...

A new single cell-based screening tool evaluates how well antibiotics kill bacteria and may help researchers determine which ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis(TB) ...

New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey, published in Scientific Reports. Many dangerous pathogens, ...

"The air sacs in the lungs are a critical first barrier against infections in humans, but we've traditionally looked at them ...

They report that bacteria-infecting macrophages – garbage truck-like immune cells – slow their hosts’ trash-processing abilities to snack on trash they pick up. The study, selected as Editor’s Choice ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...