Science news articles about 'tuberculosis bacterium'

... tuberculosis infections by characterizing the unique structure and mechanism of an enzyme in M. tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes the disease. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry ...

... to combat active and asymptomatic (latent) tuberculosis infections by characterizing the unique structure and mechanism of an enzyme in M. tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes the disease.

... a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis. Working with components of the tuberculosis bacterium, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison identified an unusual process ...

... process," he added. "This work presents tantalizing evidence that edaxadiene helps the tuberculosis bacterium evade the body's defenses," said Warren Jones, who oversees enzymology grants at the ...

... which may also protect the microbes from being killed. The moonlighting activity of one enzyme from the tuberculosis bacterium makes it partially resistant to a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics, ...

... , the team aims to model complex biological systems, such as the human immune response to a tuberculosis bacterium. Computer science student Mikola Lysenko, who wrote the software, demonstrates. On ...

New findings reveal that the microbe achieves virulence by disrupting immune cells' internal processes

... 30% of the world's population is infected with latent TB, the researchers said. In some people, the Tuberculosis bacterium will reactivate, causing an estimated 1.3 million deaths a year, according to ...