Genetics
Treatment for tuberculosis can be guided by patients' genetics
A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculosis.
Feb 7, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New WHO guidelines call for more evidence on drug-resistant TB
The European Respiratory Journal is today (04 August 2011) publishing the updated guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) that aim to help manage drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
Aug 4, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Diabetics at higher risk of tuberculosis infection, researchers find
People with diabetes have a three to five times higher risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) than non-diabetics, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
May 24, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Leveraging technology to improve tuberculosis health care
Every year, around 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB)—a treatable disease where bacteria attack a patient's lungs. Globally, only about half of those who contract TB yearly are diagnosed. Many other people with ...
Nov 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
TB/HIV co-infections up 40 percent across Europe over the last five years
New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe ahead of World TB Day show that new tuberculosis (TB) cases and deaths in the 53 countries of ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Reducing drug dosage, and hearing loss in TB patients without reducing efficacy
Aminoglycosides, recommended by the World Health Organization to treat multidrug resistant tuberculosis, cause hearing loss and kidney damage in a dose dependent manner. Now, by reducing the dose in a carefully calculated ...
Jan 9, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Simple, rapid TB diagnosis feasible in low-resource, high-burden settings
A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International ...
May 17, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New TB clinical trial data-sharing platform available for researchers
The Critical Path Institute (C-Path), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), TB Alliance, and St. George's, University of London, are pleased to announce the launch of the TB-Platform ...
Apr 18, 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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
TB Alliance launches 'Nix-TB' clinical trial to test new XDR-TB treatment
TB Alliance and its partners announced the start of a clinical trial of a new regimen to treat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB.) It is the first study to test an all-oral drug regimen, comprised of drugs with ...
May 14, 2015
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