South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can't detect ...

Results of a South African study in this week's issue of THE LANCET show how a diagnosis of tuberculosis in young children can be confirmed by a straightforward sputum test, rather than the ...

While probably years away from widespread use, a test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having to cough up sputum is showing promise. Spotlight takes stock of how the test ...

In a group of high-risk patients, a test that examined DNA from cells expelled in sputum for evidence of "silenced" genes correctly identified the majority of patients who were later diagnosed with ...

South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can’t detect ...