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New tuberculosis vaccine doesn't protect infants, study finds
The world's most advanced tuberculosis vaccine failed to protect babies against the infectious disease, according to a new study in South Africa.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Better vaccines for tuberculosis could save millions of lives
Cases of one of the world's deadliest diseases—tuberculosis—are rising at an alarming rate, despite widespread vaccination. Reasons for the ineffectiveness of the vaccine, especially in regions where this infectious disease ...
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Aug 28, 2012 |
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Dartmouth medical research closes in on new tuberculosis vaccine
Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide attributable to a single infectious agent, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). With 8.8 million cases in 2010 and 95 percent of TB ...
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Aug 23, 2012 |
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Vitamin D + TB vaccine: Allies in fight against bladder cancer?
The tuberculosis vaccine is often used as a treatment for bladder cancer, and adding vitamin D might improve the vaccine's effectiveness, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center presented ...
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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Decrease in observed rate of TB at a time of economic recession
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. is reported as being on the decrease, however untreated infected people act as a reservoir for disease. Any pool of the world's population harboring this disease gives cause ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Clinical trial of malaria vaccine begins in Africa
The vaccine, RTS,S, developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals and PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), is currently in phase III clinical trials and has previously reduced episodes of malaria in infants and young children ...
Medications
May 25, 2011 |
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