All Tufts University School of Medicine articles
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NewsRule-breaking tuberculosis bacteria challenge growth norms
The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium is the first single-celled organism ever observed to maintain a consistent growth rate throughout its life cycle, a new study reports, hinting at why the pathogen so readily outmaneuvers our immune system and antibiotics.
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NewsLarge-scale study will seek to unearth causes of persistent symptoms of Lyme disease
Researchers have received $20.7 million grant to try to answer some of the most vexing questions around chronic Lyme disease, following patients from their earliest diagnosis to find out why some go on to develop debilitating symptoms later on.
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News‘Subway map’ of Lyme disease pathways IDs potential treatment targets
Researchers have developed a genome-scale metabolic model of key metabolic activities of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, successfully identifying two compounds that selectively target routes only used by Lyme disease to infect a host.
