The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

A study in Nature Communications reveals, for the first time, how the transcriptomic profile of human tuberculosis lung lesions is correlated with clinical data from the same patients.

Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in the lungs, but tuberculosis bacteria can cause infection in almost all parts of the human body. As such, tuberculosis in organs other than the lungs ...

In 2023, tuberculosis claimed approximately 1·3 million lives,1 providing a stark reminder of the persistent inequities and ...

The infection can cause chest pain, trouble breathing, and lung problems. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, when tuberculosis affects areas of the body other than your lungs. ... ‌Soft tissue swelling ...

Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that has been around for centuries, yet why they persist in the human body is not fully understood. Some patients now are donating lung tissue for use in TB research.

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new trends of TB in the United States. ... These tubercles can break down lung ...

A paucity of human lung tissue for study has left a fundamental gap in understanding how the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or Mtb, causes disease in people, says Steyn, a ...

Goal of this UAB-led service is transforming the global landscape of TB research through accelerated study of human TB tissue. A $5.8 million grant led by Adrie Steyn, Ph.D., of the University of ...

It's the result of damaged lung tissue. ... COVID-19 and tuberculosis. Related complications are why "COPD is a leading cause of death both in America and worldwide," says Dr. David Mannino, ...

Some patients at KwaZulu-Natal hospitals are donating lung tissue for use in TB research. ... Arising from this, came the idea to establish a 3D atlas of the human tuberculosis lung.