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Vitamin E May Increase Tuberculosis Risk In Male Smokers With High Vitamin C Intake
February 21, 2008 — Six-year vitamin E supplementation increased tuberculosis risk by in male smokers who had high dietary vitamin C intake, according to a new study. Previous studies had suggested that vitamin E might ... > full story -
New Anti-Cancer Agent Can Overcome Resistance To Drugs, Says Study
February 21, 2008 — A new anti-cancer agent that targets breast cancer can overcome resistance to cancer drugs, according to a new study. Many tumours that are initially responsive to chemotherapy can develop resistance ... > full story -
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Efforts To Eliminate Tuberculosis In US By 2010 Fall Far Short Of Benchmarks
February 1, 2008 — The US is likely to fall far short of its benchmark goals toward eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem, according to data from a nationwide ... > full story -
New Compounds Could Combat Tuberculosis And Malaria
January 22, 2008 — A chemist has discovered new compounds active for treating tuberculosis and malaria. She describes the synthesis and characterization of 65 derivatives of quinoxaline, the structure of which is ... > full story -
Amphibian Skin Agent May Battle Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
January 22, 2008 — Researchers found that a naturally occurring agent in frog skin may inhibit multi-drug resistant bacterial strains associated with hospital-acquired infections. Resistance to current antibiotic ... > full story -
New Drug Targets May Fight Tuberculosis And Other Bacterial Infections In Novel Way
December 27, 2007 — Over the course of the 20th Century, doctors waged war against infectious bacterial illness with the best new weapon they had: antibiotics. But the emergence of dangerous, multi-drug resistant ... > full story -
Researcher Seeks Clues To How Tuberculosis Infects Cells
December 24, 2007 — Cornell researchers are using advanced genetic techniques to better understand the relationship between the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and the human immune system defense cells that engulf ... > full story -
Simple Strategy Could Prevent Half Of Deadly Tuberculosis Infections
December 18, 2007 — By using a combination of inexpensive infection control measures, hospitals around the world could prevent half the new cases of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis, according to a new ... > full story -
Older Antibiotic Gains New Respect As Potent Treatment For Tuberculosis
December 18, 2007 — It has no current market, not even a prescription price. Its makers stopped commercial production years ago, because demand was so low. But an antibiotic long abandoned as a weak, low-dose treatment ... > full story -
New Approach To Study Flu Drug Resistance
December 7, 2007 — Researchers have created a new approach for studying resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors in influenza. The study combines data from influenza infections of human volunteers with a mathematical ... > full story
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