Tuberculosis is making headlines as the contagious respiratory disease spreads in the Midwest. Kansas is currently facing one ...

Best known for its role in tuberculosis prevention, the BCG vaccine is based on a harmless strain of bacteria related the one that causes tuberculosis. A generic drug with over 100 years of ...

This led them to the conclusion that antibiotics, antivirals and anti-inflammatory drugs were all associated with reduced ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

There’s currently no cure for dementia. Although some recently developed drugs show promise in slowing the progress of the ...

London-based biotechnology company Modern Synthesis has raised $5.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by ...

Biofilms are an important, but incompletely understood, form of growth and survival for many bacteria. Recent evidence reveals that biofilms are structurally complex, dynamic systems that have ...

The researchers theorise the protective effects of these drugs could be because they reduce inflammation, control infections ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the vaccine for tuberculosis, but according to Collins, it is not routinely given in the U.S. According to the CDC, this is due to several reasons, including the mixed ...

Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are ...

New research suggests that certain medications, including antibiotics, antivirals, vaccines, and anti-inflammatory drugs, may ...