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Caught On Film - TB Risk Of Badgers Visiting Farm Buildings
Using camera surveillance and radio tracking equipment, scientists have provided potential evidence showing how badgers could pass on bovine tuberculosis to cattle in UK farms. In a paper published in a forthcoming Proceedings B, a Royal Society journal, researchers from the University of Sussex... view more (2002-06-24)

India caught in catastrophic smoking epidemic
India is in the midst of a catastrophic epidemic of smoking deaths, which is expected to cause about one million (10 lakh) deaths a year during the 2010s - including one in five of all male deaths and one in 20 of all female deaths at ages 30-69. On average, male bidi smokers lose about six years... view more (2008-02-14)

A molecule impedes the destruction of the 'Brucella' bacteria
Research carried out with the participation of the University of Navarra has shown how a determinate molecule helps an important pathogen, Brucella abortus, escape destruction within the cells charged with eliminating infectious agents (macrophages).   view more (2005-06-15)

Malaria may fuel spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Malaria may be fueling the spread of HIV in areas of sub-Saharan Africa where there is a substantial overlap between the two diseases, while HIV may be playing a role in boosting adult malaria-infection rates in some parts of the region, according to a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson... view more (2006-12-08)

Combination anti-retroviral therapies associated with reduced infections in HIV-infected children
Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapies, there has been a substantial reduction of opportunistic infections and other infections in HIV-infected children, such as pneumonia and tuberculosis.   view more (2006-07-19)

Mystery solved: Gold's power against autoimmune diseases defined
Gold compounds have been used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases for more than 75 years, but until now, how the metals work has been a mystery.   view more (2006-02-27)

Tropical disease experts call for a 'Global Fund to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases'
An international team of tropical disease control experts has urged the global health and development community, and particularly the G8 leaders, to establish a new financing mechanism to combat the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of poverty.   view more (2008-03-26)

TNF-Alpha Blocker Infliximab Highly Effective For Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
BERLIN, Germany - 6 April 2002 -- For the first time, there is a therapy that can significantly reduce disease activity for the majority of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that often leads to stiffening and subsequent fusion of the spine. The... view more (2002-04-05)

NORTH KOREA'S PUBLIC-HEALTH TRAGEDY (p 628)
Former Reuters journalist John Owen-Davies describes the recent decay in North Korea's health-care system in this week's issue of THE LANCET. He comments how the country's economic decline after the break-up of the Soviet Union, and the devastation caused by flooding in 1995, has transformed the... view more (2001-02-21)

New directions for cardiovascular medicine (p 754)
Issue 6 September 2003 Embargoed 0001 h (London time) 5 September 2003. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in developed countries (over 700 000 deaths annually in the USA, 256 per 100 000 population). Worldwide, heart disease kills 15 million people a year and more than half of these... view more (2003-09-03)

Combating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis: Commissioner Busquin in Dakar for clinical trials partnership launch
European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will visit Senegal from 22 to 24 February to launch the operational phase of the EUR600 million "European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership" programme. The visit also aims at encouraging West African countries to mobilise... view more (2004-02-23)

Why is long-term therapy required to cure tuberculosis?
Understanding why other bacteria become resistant to antibiotics could hold the key to understanding why TB takes so long to cure, say researchers in a policy paper in PLoS Medicine.   view more (2007-03-20)

'New' science gleans knowledge from ancient lands and societies
Understanding how pollution effects the dynamics of Earth and the spread of disease in ancient times are two areas in which ASU's new School of Human Evolution & Social Change can make a dramatic and immediate impact.   view more (2005-11-08)

NIAID researchers show how promising tuberculosis (TB) drug works
Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined how a promising drug candidate attacks the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).   view more (2005-12-27)

Countries Need Greater Support And Less Stringent Conditions If Global Fund Goals Are To Be Met
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will today publish interim findings relating to how the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is being implemented in four African countries. The Fund was established in 2002 as a mechanism to get additional resources to... view more (2004-06-30)

American Thoracic Society publishes new statement on hepatotoxicity of antituberculosis therapy
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has published a new statement on the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of liver damage caused by anti-tuberculosis (TB) medications.   view more (2006-11-08)

European Commissioner Busquin Presents Clinical Trials Programme To African Health Ministers
At the WHO conference in Johannesburg on 1 September, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will present the Europe-Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) to the Ministers for Health of 46 African States. EDCTP aims to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis with a... view more (2003-09-01)

Study helps identify which populations of foreign-born persons living in US at higher risk of TB
The relative yield of finding and treating latent tuberculosis is particularly high among higher-risk groups of foreign-born persons living in the U.S., such as individuals from most countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.   view more (2008-07-23)

Smear campaign: Faster detection of multidrug-resistant TB for public health
There is a new tool in the arsenal to fight multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): a rapid diagnostic test that can function in high-burden settings such as public health clinics.   view more (2008-04-01)

Antibody-based therapies effective at controlling malaria
Passive immunization through the development of fully human antibodies specific to Plasmodium falciparum may be effective at controlling the disease, report researchers led by Dr. Richard S. McIntosh from the University of Nottingham in a paper published this week in the open-access journal PLoS... view more (2007-05-18)

Europe mobilises full research potential to combat poverty-related diseases EDCTP launch conference, Barcelona, 19-20 April 2002
On 19-20 April, 2002, a conference, co-organised by the European Commission (DG Research) and the Spanish Presidency, will launch the first phase of the European-Developing Countries Clinical Trials Programme (EDCTP) - a new programme to accelerate the clinical development of drugs and vaccines... view more (2002-04-16)

Dormant Bugs Dodge Antibiotics
A new way to attack harmful bacteria by affecting normal growth has been discovered by scientists from Aberystwyth. The research is presented today, Wednesday 10 September 2003, by Dr Adriana Ravagnani at the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at UMIST in Manchester. Under hostile... view more (2003-08-27)

India continues to progress in AIDS vaccine development efforts
A second Phase I AIDS vaccine clinical trial in India was successfully completed, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the National AIDS Control Organization and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative announced. The results of the trial of an MVA-based AIDS vaccine candidate (TBC-M4), which... view more (2008-08-18)

New study reveals structure of E. coli multidrug transporter protein
This new study could potentially help researchers find new ways to avoid the problem of multidrug resistance and enhance the potency of existing drug compounds.   view more (2006-05-05)

Carbohydrate Chemistry Comes of Age
A new national network of chemists and biologists is planning to open up a vital area of chemistry that could have major implications for the drug, food and agrochemical industries. The UK Carbohydrate Chemistry Network, being set up at the University of East Anglia (UEA), will involve scientists... view more (2001-10-23)
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