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Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are still among the top 10 causes of death worldwide, highlighting the utmost need for new forms of medical treatments. In this issue of Stem Cell Reports, Han et al. (2019) describe a technique to screen therapeutically active compounds targeting Mtb using pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages. : Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are still among the top 10 causes of death worldwide, highlighting the utmost need for new forms of medical treatments. In this issue of Stem Cell Reports, Han et al. (2019) describe a technique to screen therapeutically active compounds targeting Mtb using pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages.