The bacteria that cause the devastating disease tuberculosis have the ability to escape destruction and grow after they are engulfed by lung macrophages, the immune cells that are supposed to destroy ...

Do you work closely with domestic animals? 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 ...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a group of bacteria related to tuberculosis. These germs are very common in food, water, and soil. Almost everyone has them in their bodies. When you have a strong ...

Now Niederweis and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham describe the mechanism of secretion and trafficking of that toxin, TNT, which is the major cytotoxicity factor for the pathogen ...

One of the deadliest infectious diseases of humankind emerged in Africa 70,000 years ago, a new genetic analysis of 259 Tuberculosis bacterial strains has shown. According to the study, TB bacteria ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are two distinct types of bacteria that can cause infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. Belonging to the same ...

Patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex had significantly improved survival if they achieved microbiological cure at the end of treatment, ...

Mar 27 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Add to Calendar 27-03-2025 19:30 27-03-2025 21:00 America/Toronto The Stairs Lecture in Chemistry: How Pathogens Use Traits from Environmental Bacteria to Survive in Human ...