How Tuberculosis Survives in the Air: Key Genes Identified
Source: Technology Networks
MIT researchers discover genes that protect tuberculosis during airborne transmission, offering new targets to curb its spread before infection occurs.
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Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are thrust into a comparatively hostile environment, with drastic changes to their surrounding pH and chemistry…. [8625 chars]