University of Alabama Birmingham: Hydrogen Sulfide Heightens Disease in Tuberculosis, Suggesting Therapeutic Target
March 04, 2020
March 04, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Alabama Birmingham campus issued the following news:
A new culprit -- hydrogen sulfide -- has been found for the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. Hydrogen sulfide gas is known for its rotten egg smell, yet it has normal physiological roles in the human body to communicate among cells.
When tuberculosis bacteria invade the lung, however, the amounts of hydrogen sulfide in the lung microenvironm . . .
A new culprit -- hydrogen sulfide -- has been found for the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. Hydrogen sulfide gas is known for its rotten egg smell, yet it has normal physiological roles in the human body to communicate among cells.
When tuberculosis bacteria invade the lung, however, the amounts of hydrogen sulfide in the lung microenvironm . . .