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Pulmonary tuberculosis: Biomarker discovery in the quest for new therapies

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Dr Esmeralda Juárez and her team research tuberculosis disease mechanisms through biomarker discoveries.

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) presents a significant health burden worldwide with treatments remaining suboptimal. In the pursuit of new or adjunctive therapies, Esmeralda Juárez and researchers at the Department of Research in Microbiology at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico City investigate the lungs’ immune-response mechanisms to TB infection. By sampling the breath of TB patients using a non-invasive […]

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