Re-programming innate immune cells to fight tuberculosis

(McGill University) Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease which attacks the lungs, claims someone's life every 20 seconds and 1.5 million lives worldwide every year. A cure has eluded scientists for more than a century but, now, a Montreal team of researchers may have discovered a new weapon to combat this global killer. The team is re-programing - or 'training' - immune cells to kill TB. These groundbreaking findings are published online today in the journal Cell.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news