By targeting a previously unexploited metabolic pathway essential for bacterial survival, the drug candidate may offer the potential to develop safer, shorter and more effective treatment regimens ...

Owing to their well-known use for other bacteria and the possibility of obtaining rapid results without additional equipment, Etest strips have also been tried for DST of M. tuberculosis. [58, 59 ...

The quantification of colony forming units (cfu), turbidity, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) measurements were used to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. Turbidity and OD600 ...

A federal judge in Maryland is blocking the Trump/Musk dismantling of USAID. Author John Green argues the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid are disastrous for global health outcomes ...

Tuberculosis divides incredibly slowly for a bacteria, hundreds of times slower than something like E. Coli, because it has this thick fatty cell wall that makes it really hard to penetrate.

However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Murphy’s lab was able to partner with UIC’s Institute for Tuberculosis Research to purchase a “colony-picking robot,” which could pick up bacteria ...

New research reveals how tuberculosis bacteria break established rules of bacterial biology, shedding light on their resilience and potential treatment targets.