Granuloma structure and distribution of the antibiotic BTZ-043 in differently stained tissue sections of two tuberculosis granulomas. The stains show (in z-shaped order from top left to bottom right): ...

A new study partially explains why tuberculosis infections easily take hold in the host's lungs and suggests that boosting T cell response is key to creating a therapy that can shut down the infection ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For 70 years, clinicians thought they knew the shape of tuberculosis granulomas in the lungs of patients. Histology — the study of microscopic structures in thin slices of lung ...

One of the main challenges for tuberculosis (TB) therapy is how to deliver drugs to the site of disease. Once the body’s immune system is infected with tuberculosis, it forms granulomas—tight clusters ...

MicroCT of infected human lung tissue, along with histology and immunohistochemistry, was used to construct images of TB granulomas, airways and vasculature. For 70 years, clinicians thought they knew ...