Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it affects over 12 million people globally. When the bacterium infects a person, the body’s immune response is critical to how the disease will progress; either helping the body fight the bacterium or, if certain key molecules become involved, actually exacerbating the infection. Now, EPFL researchers show how the tuberculosis bacterium co-opts mechanisms of the immune … Continue reading Researchers identify how tuberculosis uses precision medicine to trick the immune system.