A genetic screen identifies long-chain fatty acid resistance mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and highlights a universal stress protein required for balanced long-chain fatty acid degradation...

Ciência Agora - T02 E010 - Sandra Cardoso Oliveira

Redundancy in biology is, at a glance, counterintuitive because if the function of two gene products completely overlaps then, throughout the course of evolution, one of the genes will likely accumula...

No Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, no Porto, Tiago Beites quer forçar o bacilo da tuberculose a provar o seu próprio veneno. O objetivo? Melhorar o tratamento contra a doença.

David Liu joins the show.

The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) thrives in lipid-rich microenvironments. Long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) are some of the most abundant lipids encountered by Mtb during infection. Mtb...

Join experts on World TB Day to discuss the history, innovations, and social justice impact of TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

The lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.

On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health and development

The traditional view of metabolism as merely supplying energy and biosynthetic precursors is undergoing a paradigm shift. Metabolic dynamics not only …