{
  "id": 1626371,
  "title": "Malnourishment and expanded microbiome maintain superior efficacy of the recombinant tuberculosis vaccine BCG::ESAT-6-PE25SS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/malnourishment-and-expanded-microbiome-maintain-superior-efficacy-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.16.743391v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of infectious mortality. The limited efficacy of the only TB vaccine, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) against pulmonary disease necessitates improved vaccines. Host factors such as malnutrition and microbiome composition shape immune responses in humans, though these factors are overlooked in preclinical vaccine evaluation. Here we show that a recombinant…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}