New drugs that target ‘zombie’ tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey, published in Scientific Reports .

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When cells were incubated with HIV before TB exposure, the researchers observed increased entry of TB bacteria into astrocytes, pericytes and microglia, but not endothelial cells.

The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an “on-off switch” that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford. The ...

In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is both microscopic in size and global in consequence. The subject of Aldridge’s ...