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New blood tests aid detection of latent tuberculosis
Thanks to the availability of two new blood tests called T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold, physicians around the world can better detect latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. view more (2006-10-02)
Drug resistant TB on the increase
The global tuberculosis problem is getting worse - recent figures showed that London has more cases of TB now than it has had for over thirty years. Drug resistance can make this formerly controllable condition almost unmanageable. On 29-30 March, international experts will gather at the Royal Society of Medicine, to highlight the urgent need for... view more... (2001-03-14)
Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant TB works, study finds
The death sentence that too often accompanies a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) can be commuted if an individualized outpatient therapy program is followed - even in countries with limited resources and a heavy burden of TB. view more (2008-08-07)
The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID) and The Lancet Oncology (TLO)
This month's issue gives extensive coverage to tuberculosis ahead of the World TB Congress taking place in Washington D.C. from June 3-5. News desk - Findings from the WHO`s 6th annual report on global TB control-This report states that around 70% of TB cases still remain undetected and that expanding directly-observed treatments (DOTs) in endemic... view more... (2002-05-29)
Proteomics Study Yields Clues As To How Tuberculosis Might Be Thwarting The Immune System
A link between the immune system and the self-cleaning system by which biological cells rid themselves of obsolete or toxic parts may one day yield new weapons in the fight against tuberculosis and other deadly infectious diseases. view more (2008-11-06)
Harvard team creates spray drying technique for TB vaccine
Bioengineers and public health researchers have developed a novel spray drying method for preserving and delivering the most common tuberculosis (TB) vaccine. view more (2007-02-13)
Biodegradable microspheres deliver time release vaccines, stimulate different immune response
A new vaccine delivery system using microspheres of a biodegradable polymer may not only reduce the need for booster shots in some cases, but also appears to stimulate an immune response that traditional vaccines do not. view more (2007-03-01)
New antibiotic drug combo to speed up treatment of tuberculosis
A team of tuberculosis (TB) experts at Johns Hopkins and in Brazil have evidence that substituting the antibiotic moxifloxacin in the regimen of drugs used to treat the highly contagious form of lung disease could dramatically shorten the time needed to cure the illness from six months to four. view more (2007-09-19)
Mega-Capable Microchips
"The ISTC project #2019, utilizing cutting-edge technology to create rapid diagnostic kits for multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis, has been very successful. I have been very impressed by the caliber of the Moscow Engelhardt Institute leadership and staff. And the ISTC has played a major role in the development and implementation of the... view more... (2003-08-28)
Media invitation: First Annual EDCTP Forum
Enrico Garaci, President of the Istituto Superiore di Sanit' (ISS), Stefano Vella, Director of Drug Department (ISS), together with Piero Olliaro, Executive Director of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and Pascoal Mocumbi, High Representative of the EDCTP and ex Prime Minister of Mozambico, invite members... view more... (2004-09-27)
New TB test means quicker and easier diagnosis for patients
A new blood test could enable doctors to rule out tuberculosis (TB) infection within days rather than weeks, according to a new study published this week in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. view more (2008-03-10)
MGH initiates phase I diabetes trial
Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to reverse type 1 diabetes. view more (2008-03-14)
Call to reduce medical risks to refugees on repatriation
In a commentary article published this week in International Journal for Equity in Health, Siroos Mirzaei and co-authors call for medical professionals involved in the repatriation of refugees to "institute preventative measures to minimize the possible medical and psychological complications" that may result from their repatriation. view more (2003-10-31)
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 and the Central Science Laboratory have discovered... 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 of life, female bidi smokers lose about eight years... view more... (2008-02-14)
Study suggests TB screening needs to be targeted for maximum public health benefit
New estimates of the likelihood that a latent case of tuberculosis (TB) will become active have resulted in a roughly 50 percent increase over previous estimates of the number of people needed to be screened (NNS) to prevent an active infection, limiting the cost effectiveness of screening in many Center for Disease Control and Prevention... view more... (2009-05-20)
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 Cancer Research Center and the University of... 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)
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