News tagged with tuberculosis vaccine
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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Vaccination reduces the risk of unvaccinated badger cubs testing tuberculosis positive
New evidence from a four-year field study has shown that BCG vaccination reduces the risk of tuberculosis infection in unvaccinated badger cubs in vaccinated groups, as well as in badgers that received the vaccine.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 12, 2012 |
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Technology brings new life to the study of diseases in old bones
A study led by The University of Manchester has demonstrated that new technology that can analyse millions of gene sequences in a matter of seconds is an effective way to quickly and accurately identify diseases in skeletons.
Medical research
Oct 22, 2012 |
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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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Experimental vaccine elicits robust response against both HIV and tuberculosis
Clinician researchers in China have developed a vaccine that acts simultaneously against HIV-1 and M. tuberculosis (Mtb). An estimated 14 million people worldwide are coinfected with the two pathogens. The research is published ...
Immunology
May 22, 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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Tuberculosis vaccine being tested in Phase II trial
The only tuberculosis vaccine currently available is already over 90 years old - and is unsatisfactory in terms of its effectiveness. Although it protects young children against developing tuberculosis, it ...
Medications
Mar 26, 2012 |
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NIH researchers highlight progress, path forward for developing TB vaccines
In the past decade, scientists have made significant progress building the critical knowledge and infrastructure needed to identify and develop novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidates and move the most promising ones into ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Vaccine targeting latent TB enters clinical testing
Statens Serum Institut and Aeras today announce the initiation of the first Phase I clinical trial of a new candidate TB vaccine designed to protect people latently infected with TB from developing active TB disease. The ...
Medications
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Latest discovery in the fight against tuberculosis announced
New research from the Trudeau Institute may help in the ongoing fight against tuberculosis. Dr. Andrea Cooper's lab has discovered a connection between the development of new lymphoid tissue within the lung and protection ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 18, 2011 |
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New discovery brings customized tuberculosis therapies based on genotype closer to reality
Are you genetically predisposed to tuberculosis? Scientists may now be able to answer this question and doctors may be able to adjust their therapeutic approach based on what they learn. That's because new research presented ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 01, 2011 |
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TB trial highlights challenges with introducing new vaccine into childhood immunization schedule
A new vaccine to combat tuberculosis is less effective at stimulating an immune response when administered to Gambian infants in combination with the routine immunisation schedule, according to clinical trial results published ...
Medications
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Final child vaccinated in clinical trial of new TB vaccine
The final participant in a clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) has been vaccinated.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2011 |
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2,784 vaccinations later
The two thousand, seven hundred and eighty-fourth baby has been vaccinated today in South Africa as part of a clinical trial of a new vaccine against tuberculosis. The new TB vaccine is the most advanced in ...
Medications
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Tuberculosis vaccines
Tuberculosis vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. There is currently only one tuberculosis vaccine available, bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG).
Other tuberculosis vaccines currently in development are:
For more information about Tuberculosis vaccines, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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