Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is the only licensed vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) but provides inconsistent protection against disease. Alveolar macrophages (AM) are widely considered the primary m...

Improved diagnostic tools for tuberculosis that are suitable for use in peripheral health centers are essential for reducing the persistent gap between estimated and notified cases. The diagnostic ...

Women vaccinated against human papillomavirus at a young age may need only two or three screenings for cervical cancer over the course of their lifetimes, according to a new study by Norway's University of Oslo and Harvard Chan School.

A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Jakubzick and colleagues show that the tumor microenvironment is shaped by opposing programs in tissue-resident CD206hi and CD206lo interstitial macrophages and Ly6c2+Fn1+Vcan+ recruited macrophages, ...

A deeper understanding of how tissue-localized immune cells arise and function is critical for developing mucosal vaccines. Currently, there are no mu…

Viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens pose a serious threat to human health, requiring a coordinated response from the innate and adaptive immune systems. Our immune system relies on pathogen recept…

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Four months instead of the standard 6 months of drug therapy of less extensive tuberculosis disease had a higher risk of relapse.

By studying fundamental mechanisms regulating short- and long-term metabolic adaptation to genetic and chemical perturbations, our lab aims at finding new and unconventional therapeutic strategies, fr...

Developing effective accessible vaccines to end tuberculosis worldwide. Combining immunoengineering, molecular microbiology & systems biology at MIT.

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The Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard in Cambridge MA, together with the Departmen

Die USA sehen Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit in Europa gefährdet – Brüssel reagiert empört. Das Wichtigste in Kürze.

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Tuberculosis: Understanding the Disease Across Scales, March 2026, in Cape Town, with field leaders!

Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease caused by a single pathogen, highlighting the urgent need for novel therapies. A deeper under...