Sentences with phrase «found tuberculosis bacteria»

A 2014 study found tuberculosis bacteria DNA in 1,000 - year - old Peruvian bones; in a surprise twist, it was not the European strain, but one likely contracted from seals.

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Researchers found two genes that were overactive in tuberculosis bacteria tolerant to the drug bedaquiline.

Tobin also uses zebrafish to study bacteria closely related to those that cause tuberculosis, and findings from this model have been applied to understanding human disease.

The goal is to find new ways to tackle the disease, which requires a thorough understanding of how the bacterium, known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, behaves once it takes hold of the macrophages in our lungs.

The fact that this bacterium is found in cattle means that these animals can be a reservoir for human tuberculosis and that humans can become infected with both M. bovis and M. tuberculosis by drinking unpasteurised milk and eating meat that has not been properly tested.

Professor De Voss said the scale of the threat, compounded by the emergence of increasingly drug - resistant strains of bacteria, meant it was vital to find new ways to combat tuberculosis.

The researchers next showed that the Smurf1 gene controls M. tuberculosis growth in human macrophages and that the Smurf1 protein was found in association with bacteria in the lungs of patients with tuberculosis infections.

Scientists at the The University of Queensland and the University of California San Francisco have found a new way to inhibit the growth of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).