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Scientists Made This Lung-on-a-Chip Breathe. Then They Gave It TB.

Tuberculosis has plagued humanity for thousands of years, and despite medical advances that can now help us prevent and cure it, the ancient bacterial disease still claims more human lives per year than any other infectious pathogen.

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