By IDSE News Staff
Although tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, it’s estimated that those deaths represent perhaps 5% of infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A growing body of evidence suggests genetic vulnerabilities to TB account for the severity of disease in some patients.
Researchers from The Rockefeller University, in New York City, have found a rare mutation that leaves its carriers much more likely to become ill with TB—but,