When German biologist and doctor Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacterial cause of tuberculosis, he said, "If the number of victims which a disease claims is the measure ...

As 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert Koch receiving the Nobel Prize for his work on tuberculosis, what could microbiologists today learn from him? The details of Koch's research career ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - March 24 is World TB Day and is a day to educate the public about the impact of TB (tuberculosis) around the world. World TB Day commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr ...

Robert Koch began to apply Pasteur’s ideas to human diseases. In doing so, he created the science of bacteriology. He identified the bacteria which caused anthrax (1875), TB (1882) and cholera ...