Texas Biomedical Research Institute: Lung Lining Fluid Key to Elderly Susceptibility to Tuberculosis Infection
August 07, 2019
August 07, 2019
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 7 -- Texas Biomedical Research Institute issued the following news release:
Old lungs are not as capable as young lungs of fighting off an infection of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), placing seniors at a greater risk of developing TB. The microbe that causes this infectious disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), currently kills more people in the world than any other pathogen.
"Things go wrong as we get older," said Pr . . .
Old lungs are not as capable as young lungs of fighting off an infection of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), placing seniors at a greater risk of developing TB. The microbe that causes this infectious disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), currently kills more people in the world than any other pathogen.
"Things go wrong as we get older," said Pr . . .