Koch-Metchnikoff" Forum on Tuberculosis in Moscow
The conference "Lung tissue inflammation: pathology, regulation and immune response" was held in the framework of Koch Metchnikoff Forum on tuberculosis (TB). In general, the projects of the Forum aim to establishing long-term partnerships in the field of preventing medicine and public health. The TB section connects fundamental research in immunology and microbiology to an improvement in diagnosing TB in Russia as well as implementing WHO quality standards. Genetic control of TB in humans and in experimental animal models, new approaches to the diagnostic including analysis of multi-drug and extra-drug resistant TB, new approaches to the control of lung tissue inflammation and novel results in the field of antimycobacterial drug design were highlighted and discussed during the conference.