07 September 2025
TB Two Ways
Conflict between the two branches of our immune system – the innate (the 'first response unit') and the adaptive (the 'specialists' with learning and memory) – determines the kind of damage lungs suffer when infected with TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium). Insight for understanding disease course and optimising treatment
Image made using Leica Microsystems microscopy
Read the published research article here
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- Image from work by Benjamin H. Gern and colleagues
- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Journal of Experimental Medicine, July 2025
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