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More Research Needed on the Best Treatment Options for Multidrug-Resistant TB
August 28, 2012 — The use of newer drugs, a greater number of effective drugs, and a longer treatment regimen may be associated with improved survival of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, according to a ... > full story -
Better Vaccines for Tuberculosis Could Save Millions of Lives
August 28, 2012 — Cases of one of the world's deadliest diseases -- tuberculosis -- are rising at an alarming rate, despite widespread vaccination. Reasons for the ineffectiveness of the vaccine, especially in regions ... > full story -
Possible Cause of Immune Deficiency Cases in Asia
August 22, 2012 — A clinical study has identified an antibody that compromises the immune systems of HIV-negative people, making them susceptible to infections with opportunistic microbes such as nontuberculous ... > full story -
Researchers Study the Structure of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis
August 22, 2012 — A research group is studying disease resistance in tuberculosis. The group has described the structure of a regulator that controls the expression of a pump that removes toxins from the ... > full story -
New Approach of Resistant Tuberculosis
August 10, 2012 — Scientists have breathed new life into a forgotten technique and so succeeded in detecting resistant tuberculosis in circumstances where so far this was hardly feasible. Tuberculosis bacilli that ... > full story -
Trial Signals Major Milestone in Hunt for New TB Drugs
July 23, 2012 — A novel approach to discover the first new tuberculosis (TB) combination drug regimen cleared a major hurdle when Phase II clinical trial results found it could kill more than 99 percent of patients' ... > full story -
TB Treatment Paradox: Mouse Studies Show Body's Own Response Helps TB Bacteria Survive
June 28, 2012 — Inhibiting a key immune response in mice during initial multi-drug treatment for tuberculosis could -- paradoxically -- shorten treatment time for the highly contagious lung infection according to ... > full story -
From the Mouths of Monkeys: Swab Technique Spots Tuberculosis in Non-Human Primates
June 21, 2012 — A new technique detected the first published evidence of tuberculosis pathogens in the mouths of macaques living near people in six Asian countries. The method analyses mouth swabs from monkeys to ... > full story -
Kill the Germs, Spare the Ears: Encouraging Study Shows How
June 11, 2012 — The world needs new antibiotics to overcome the ever-increasing resistance of disease-causing bacteria – but it doesn’t need the side effect that comes with some of the most powerful ones ... > full story -
Growing Presence of Drug–resistant Tuberculosis Fuels Need for More Screening
June 6, 2012 — Experts in the prevention and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are calling for increased screening and more rapid testing of the 9 million people worldwide estimated to be infected each ... > full story
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