Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds link between malnutrition, alcoholism and tuberculosis in India
A new study reveals a striking link between malnutrition, heavy alcohol use and tuberculosis (TB) in southern India.
Aug 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How we used computers to figure out drugs that can beat drug-resistant TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases. Globally, it accounts for around 1.3 million deaths and 10.4 million people develop the disease every year.
Jan 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Phase 2b trial results of novel TB regimen show potential to shorten treatment
A new tuberculosis (TB) drug regimen designed to improve options for TB therapy eliminated more bacteria from sputum than standard therapy and did so at a faster rate, according to data from a phase 2b clinical trial published ...
Mar 18, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nanomedicine could revolutionise tuberculosis treatment
Tuberculosis is one of the world's deadliest infectious disease. Worldwide, there are still about 10.4 million cases of TB and 1.7 million deaths every year.
Aug 17, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds light on why parasite makes TB infections worse
Scientists have shown how a parasitic worm infection common in the developing world increases susceptibility to tuberculosis. The study demonstrated that treating the parasite reduces lung damage seen in mice that also are ...
Nov 16, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New hope for improved TB treatments
Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified new markers of tuberculosis (TB) that may help in the development of new diagnostic tests and treatments.
Aug 9, 2013
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Genetics
HIV patients in Africa with a specific genetic variant have much lower rate of tuberculosis
In the first known discovery of its kind, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine-led team has found that HIV patients in Africa with a certain genetic variant have a 63-percent lower chance of developing tuberculosis ...
Mar 9, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Patients with TB and HIV should receive prompt coordinated treatment for both conditions
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading killer of people with HIV, and providing therapy for both illnesses simultaneously saves lives - according to new guidelines on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB developed jointly by the ...
Aug 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Accelerating tuberculosis research
The results one of the largest and most rigorous tuberculosis (TB) drug trials ever conducted in the modern era, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews, will be made available to the wider research community from ...
Apr 18, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
South Africa makes progress in HIV/AIDS fight
(AP)—In the early 90s when South Africa's Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on wheelchairs and keep coming to the health center until they died.
Dec 1, 2012
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