Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Discovering new drugs to fight TB
(Medical Xpress) -- Research at Victoria University is targeting new drugs to fight drug-resistant and other forms of tuberculosis (TB).
Aug 30, 2011
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Tuberculosis
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
South Africa launches plan to curb rampant TB in gold mines
South Africa on Saturday launched a plan to diagnose tuberculosis in the country's gold mines, where the disease's incidence is the highest in the world.
Mar 24, 2012
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Medications
Improving the use of methadone for drug users with tuberculosis to prevent withdrawal
Drug users on methadone programmes who contract tuberculosis (TB) should receive effective treatment while maintaining the correct level of methadone in their bodies, following a virtual clinical trial by pharmacy researchers ...
May 21, 2019
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Genetics
What role do genome variations play in tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2016, this was the most common causative pathogen for death by infectious diseases. Therefore, investigating the biology of infection and disease development is important ...
Sep 7, 2017
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Medications
FDA approves first new tuberculosis in 40 years
The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades.
Dec 31, 2012
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Medical research
Researchers move step closer to rapidly detecting resistant tuberculosis, other pathogens
For patients with infectious diseases like tuberculosis, timing is critical. Tuberculosis is one of the most common causes of death from a curable disease, and cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis are on the rise. But determining ...
Apr 5, 2012
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Medical research
Protein proves to be vital in immune response to bacteria
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers led by scientists at Rockefeller University have discovered that a protein once thought to be mainly involved in antiviral immunity is in fact more important in fighting bacterial ...
Aug 13, 2012
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Genetics
Study identifies drug-resistant tuberculosis strains spreading in Moldova
Public health experts are getting a better picture of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Moldova, thanks to the efforts of a coalition of researchers from across the world led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health.
Mar 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How Mycobacterium tuberculosis escapes death in macrophages
The bacteria that cause the devastating disease tuberculosis have the ability to escape destruction and grow after they are engulfed by lung macrophages, the immune cells that are supposed to destroy pathogens. Now researchers ...
Jul 10, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis in mongoose driven by social behaviors (Update)
An emerging strain of tuberculosis (TB), closely related to human TB, has been killing banded mongoose in Northern Botswana in significant numbers.
May 10, 2016
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