Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vitamin D improves immune response to tuberculosis, study finds
A rare patient has made it possible for researchers to prove that vitamin D—the "sun vitamin"—helps the body fight tuberculosis.
Jan 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An advance toward an 'electronic nose' urine test for tuberculosis
Scientists are reporting an advance toward a fast, inexpensive urine test to detect and monitor the effectiveness of treatment for tuberculosis (TB), which is on a rampage in the developing world. Their study appears in the ...
Aug 3, 2011
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Medical research
New weapons against multidrug resistance in tuberculosis
Using a high-throughput screening assay, EPFL scientists have discovered two small molecules that could overcome the multidrug resistance of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
Oct 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies protein that helps prevent active tuberculosis in infected patients
UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis—the bacterium that causes tuberculosis—from developing the active form of the disease. ...
Aug 20, 2014
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Medical research
Wolf in sheep's clothing: Uncovering how deadly bacteria trick immune system
An outbreak of tuberculosis in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles may have exposed up to 4,500 individuals to the bacterium that causes the deadly disease and has left federal officials scrambling to intervene.
Feb 28, 2013
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Medications
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 quickly loses its ...
Mar 26, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New TB treatment limits infection while reducing drug resistance
It's estimated that nearly one-third of the world's population -- more than two billion people -- are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization, 5 to 10 percent of infected people ...
Nov 16, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection
The HIV virus increases the potency of the tuberculosis bacterium (Mtb) by affecting a central function of the immune system. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden. ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Candidate tuberculosis vaccine in phase II/III trial
Tuberculosis remains the most deadly infectious diseases in the world. In particular, the growing number of multiresistant microbes is a cause of great concern to doctors and healthcare policymakers. At least a dozen candidate ...
Mar 23, 2018
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'Missing link' discovered in the defense mechanism of the tuberculosis pathogen
Flemish biologists lead by Joris Messens (VIB / Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have discovered that Mycobacterium tuberculosis – the bacterium that causes tuberculosis – has an ingenious defence mechanism against oxygen. ...
Nov 14, 2012
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