Health sciences; Medicine; Medical specialty; Medical microbiology

Scientific Reports - BCG immunisation through intranasal instillation protects mice against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by enhancing alveolar macrophage activity

In response to the escalating threat of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, novel therapeutic strategies are under active development. A…

In response to the escalating threat of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, novel therapeutic strategies are under active development. A…

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides derived from starch through enzymatic conversion. Over the past decades, CDs and their derivatives (dC…

Despite the progress made through vaccination campaigns and the use of antivirals, the need for more effective therapeutics to combat respiratory vira…

Laurye Van Maele est chercheuse à l’Institut Pasteur de Lille. Melye, en stage che...

Despite the progress made through vaccination campaigns and the use of antivirals, the need for more effective therapeutics to combat respiratory vira…

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YouTube video by Pasteur Lille

YouTube video by Pasteur Lille

Silva Angulo et al. provide insights into mechanisms underlying respiratory bacterial susceptibility in the elderly. The authors demonstrate that the altered circadian expression of the nuclear recept...

State officials say the U.S. is suffering its largest documented TB outbreak in history. Meanwhile, Trump is busy gutting health programs.

Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024.

Whole-genome sequencing was used to show that resistance to newer antituberculosis drugs is present in at least 27 countries and that up to a quarter of this resistance may be due to person-to-...

Engineered Mycobacterium bovis BCG encoding tetracycline-controlled phage lysin kill switches elicits protective immunity against subsequent M. tuberculosis infection in mice and non-human primates.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission is driven by variable social, environmental, and biological factors, including the number and duration of indoor contacts. Social contact data can provide...

This Perspective discusses current knowledge of the diverse roles played by different macrophage populations within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected lung. The underlying hypothesis is that dise...

Salicylic acid (SA), its two iodinated analogues 5ISA and 3,5diISA, as well as the anti-inflammatory drug aspirin (ASP), are anti-TB drugs that disrupt the intrabacterial pH homeostasis of Mycobacter...