Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could TB vaccine protect medics from COVID-19?
Could a common vaccine used for decades to protect against tuberculosis help shield health workers from COVID-19?
Apr 3, 2020
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News tagged with tuberculosis vaccine
Vaccination
100 years after the advent of TB vaccines, formulations vary widely
Each year, more than 100 million newborns around the world receive vaccinations against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or TB, which infects about one-quarter of the world's population. Facilities across the world produce several ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Vaccination
A new way to give an old tuberculosis vaccine proves highly effective in monkeys
What if you could make the tuberculosis vaccine much more powerful, not by altering the ingredients, but just by changing the way it is given to people? It would help prevent the infection that kills more people every year ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Childhood TB shot may offer long-term protection from lung cancer
(HealthDay)—A tuberculosis vaccine commonly used in other parts of the world might reduce a person's risk of developing lung cancer if given early in childhood, a six-decade-long study reports.
Oct 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists developing new vaccine strategy for tuberculosis
For years, scientists have been trying to come up with a better way to protect people against tuberculosis, the disease caused by infection with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacteria. Texas Biomedical Research Institute ...
Mar 4, 2019
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Medications
Researchers develop new tuberculosis treatment
Led by researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), a team of researchers has developed a new treatment for tuberculosis (TB). This work could offer a practical treatment that has the potential to be scaled-up ...
Jan 8, 2019
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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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis vaccine safe for teens with Schistosoma parasite
Of the millions of people at risk for contracting tuberculosis each year, many are already infected with helminths, parasitic worms including Schistosoma flatworms. In some cases, parasite infections can impair the ability ...
May 4, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Possible breakthrough in tuberculosis research on the horizon
"New weapon in fight against the deadliest disease! Medicine can be used to treat existing illness and prevent reoccurrence." These headlines were published 125 years ago and shook up not only the world of science and medicine, ...
Mar 23, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood test could transform tuberculosis diagnosis, treatment in developing countries
A simple blood test that can accurately diagnose active tuberculosis could make it easier and cheaper to control a disease that kills 1.5 million people every year.
Feb 19, 2016
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