Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that attacks the lungs, though it can affect almost any body area. Two types of tests can identify a TB infection, but how often you should get a ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based ...

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Professor Xiaoshan Zhu and his colleagues have won a U.S. National Science ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. It is caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads from ...

The test can be administered on a mouth swab instead of sputum and doesn’t require lab facilities ...

Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold as the sole screening test before starting biologic therapy reduces TB diagnoses compared with ...