European colonizers were thought to have brought leprosy to the Americas, but a new study reveals it existed there for ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) complex (MTBC), which includes M.tb as one of the causative ...

One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of ...

Table 1 List of fas1genes from different mycobacteria that confer resistance to 5-Cl-PZA in M. smegmatis mc 2 155. Figure 1: 5-Cl-PZA and PZA inhibit Fasi in mycobacteria. Figure 2: PZA inhibits M ...

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The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an "on-off switch" that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have been part of two groundbreaking studies in the battle against ...

A new study reveals that leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans, shedding light on the history of a ...

Leprosy affects thousands worldwide, typically caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. Until now, most believed the disease arrived in the Americas with European colonizers.

The researchers took a hyper-detailed look into the problem of Mycobacterium abscessus, a cousin of tuberculosis (TB), which is a mounting danger among immunocompromised patients and people ...

Have you recently consumed undercooked meat from a wild animal? If so, you may have been exposed to Mycobacterium bovis, a foodborne pathogen. Let's dive into what Mycobacterium bovis is ...