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Antibiotic Shows Promise in Treating Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
October 18, 2012 — When tested in patients hospitalized with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) unresponsive to previous treatment, linezolid, an antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections, ... > full story -
Urgent Need for Tuberculosis Vaccines; Experts Report Progress, Obstacles in Growing Drug Resistance
October 15, 2012 — Drawing on recent findings of a significant rise in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK and globally, top TB researchers are calling for greater focus on the quest for new vaccines -- a ... > full story -
The Genetics of HIV-1 Resistance
October 3, 2012 — Drug resistance is a major problem when treating infections. This problem is multiplied when the infection, like HIV-1, is chronic. New research has examined the genetic footprint that drug ... > full story -
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TB Drug Could Reduce Mortality for Multidrug-Resistant (MDR-TB) and Extremely Drug-Resistant (XDR-TB) Cases
September 26, 2012 — Results from an observational study evaluating a new anti-TB drug have found that the treatment can improve outcomes and reduce mortality among patients with both MDR-TB and ... > full story -
New Strategies Needed to Combat Disease in Developing Countries
September 20, 2012 — So-called lifestyle diseases are gaining ground with epidemic speed in low-income countries. The traditional health focus in these countries has been to combat communicable diseases such as malaria, ... > full story -
New Research Could Provide New Insights Into Tuberculosis and Other Diseases
September 18, 2012 — Scientists have developed a method to directly detect bacterial protein secretion, which could provide new insights into a variety of diseases including ... > full story -
Scientists Reveal How Natural Antibiotic Kills Tuberculosis Bacterium
September 17, 2012 — A natural product secreted by a soil bacterium shows promise as a new drug to treat tuberculosis report scientists. Scientists have shown how pyridomycin, a natural antibiotic produced by the ... > full story -
Pain Drug Can Kill Resistant Tuberculosis: Low Cost Drug Wipes out Drug Resistant TB, but May Not Reach Patients in Need
September 10, 2012 — An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant ... > full story -
Call for a New Approach to Fighting Tuberculosis
September 5, 2012 — Each year, nearly two million people die from tuberculosis -- a treatable disease that has been brought under control in the United States, but continues to ravage other parts of the world. This ... > full story -
High Doses of Vitamin D Help Tuberculosis Patients Recover More Quickly
September 3, 2012 — For decades before antibiotics became generally available, sunshine was used to treat tuberculosis, with patients often being sent to Swiss clinics to soak up the sun's healing rays. Now, for the ... > full story
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