An artificial intelligence (AI) system detects tuberculosis (TB) in chest X-rays at a level comparable to radiologists, according to a study published in Radiology. Researchers said the AI system may be able to aid screening ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Volodymyr is celebrating a major milestone on Wednesday—it's his final day of taking a new treatment hailed as a turning point in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Sep 1, 2022
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A modified tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed at Texas Biomed could help treat a form of bladder cancer, called non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, without strong side effects. Results in mouse models and human cells show ...
Aug 22, 2022
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Amid longstanding debate on the effectiveness of the tuberculosis vaccine, a new study suggests that the vaccine is protective against TB in children under 5, but adolescents and adults in high-burden countries may need additional ...
Aug 10, 2022
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A massive analysis of more than 10,000 different Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria isolates from 23 countries has revealed new genes associated with resistance to 13 first- and second-line new and repurposed antibiotics. ...
Aug 10, 2022
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In 2020, more than 1.5 million people around the world died of tuberculosis, marking the first time in more than a decade that annual TB deaths had increased and demonstrating the global need for better access to treatments. ...
Aug 8, 2022
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one-quarter of the world's population is estimated to be infected by TB bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which can cause tuberculosis (TB). Although it is preventable ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the top ten leading causes of death worldwide, with more than 1.3 million reported deaths in 2020. The emergence and spread of drug-resistant forms of the disease have complicated ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Published today in PLOS ONE, "Serial T-SPOT.TB responses in Tanzanian adolescents: transient, persistent and irregular conversions," investigators from the Geisel School of Medicine and Muhimibili University of Health and ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that causes the deadly disease.
Jun 1, 2022
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