Tuberculosis News

Posted May 5, 2013:

• Portable Device Provides Rapid, Accurate Diagnosis of Tuberculosis, Other Bacterial Infections

Posted April 24, 2013:

• Significant Step Forward in Combating Antibiotic Resistance

Posted April 23, 2013:

• Battling With Bugs to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance
• Vets and Medical Doctors Should Team Up to Tackle Diseases Transmitted from Animals to Humans

Posted April 11, 2013:

• Cell-Destroyer That Fights and Promotes TB Reveals What's Behind Its Split Identity

Posted April 1, 2013:

• New Drug Target Companion Prognostic Test for Hormone Therapy Resistance

Posted March 29, 2013:

• Rise in CF Patient Infections Explained: DNA Sequencing Reveals Evidence for Mycobacterium Abscessus Transmission Between Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Posted March 18, 2013:

• Widespread 'Test-and-Treat' HIV Policies Could Increase Dangerous Drug Resistance

Posted March 14, 2013:

• Will Having One Lung Limit Pope Francis?

Posted March 12, 2013:

• Steroids May Help Reduce Deaths from All Types of Tuberculosis

Posted March 7, 2013:

• Key to TB Cure Could Lie Underwater

Posted February 28, 2013:

• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Uncovering How Deadly Bacteria Trick the Immune System

Posted February 21, 2013:

• ‘Stressed’ Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics
• Scientists Unveil Secrets of Important Natural Antibiotic

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Whole Genome Sequencing Better at Tracing TB Outbreaks Than Standard Test

Posted February 11, 2013:

• TB Infection Rates Set to 'Turn Clock Back to 1930s'

Posted January 31, 2013:

• Novel Pathway for a Mucosal TB Vaccine
• Tuberculosis: WHO-Endorsed Test Offers Rapid Detection

Posted January 30, 2013:

• Tuberculosis May Lurk in Bone Marrow Stem Cells of Infected Patients

Posted January 16, 2013:

• COPD Patients at Risk of Dangerous Bacterial Infections

Posted January 15, 2013:

• Mycobacteriosis in Fish

Posted January 14, 2013:

• Medicinal 'Toothbrush Tree' Yields Antibiotic to Treat TB in New Way

Posted January 10, 2013:

• Breath Test Identifies Bacteria's Fingerprint

Posted January 7, 2013:

• New Compound Overcomes Drug-Resistant Staph Infection in Mice

Posted January 3, 2013:

• Rethinking Bacterial Persistence: Optofluidics Allow for New Understanding of Resistance to Antibiotics

Posted January 2, 2013:

• Molecule That Polices TB Lung Infection Discovered: Could Lead to Vaccine

Posted December 20, 2012:

• Research Reveals New Drug Target Urgently Needed for Tuberculosis Therapy
• Stroke Drug Kills Bacteria That Cause Ulcers and Tuberculosis

Posted November 30, 2012:

• Hospital Cleaning Protocol Ineffective Against Multidrug-Resistant A. Baumannii

Posted November 29, 2012:

• First Direct Evidence Linking TB Infection in Cattle to Local Badger Populations

Posted November 28, 2012:

• TB Vaccine Research Could Accelerate Life-Saving Discoveries

Posted November 26, 2012:

• Survival Gene May Be Key to Controlling HIV and Hepatitis
• 'Repurposed' Anti-Parasite Drug Shows Promise as New Tuberculosis Treatment, Research Finds

Posted November 20, 2012:

• New Test for Tuberculosis Could Improve Treatment, Prevent Deaths in Southern Africa

Posted November 14, 2012:

• 'Missing Link' Discovered in Defense Mechanism of Tuberculosis Pathogen

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Molecular Epidemiological Conditions Relating to Tuberculous and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria

Posted November 1, 2012:

• Antibiotics Observed Attacking Tuberculosis: Mass Spectrometry Shows Scientists How Antibiotics Function Inside Living Bacteria

Posted October 25, 2012:

• Structure Discovered for Promising Tuberculosis Drug Target

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Next Generation Vaccines: Eliminating the Use of Needles

Posted October 22, 2012:

• Technology Brings New Life to the Study of Diseases in Old Bones

Posted October 18, 2012:

• Antibiotic Shows Promise in Treating Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Urgent Need for Tuberculosis Vaccines; Experts Report Progress, Obstacles in Growing Drug Resistance

Posted October 3, 2012:

• The Genetics of HIV-1 Resistance

Posted September 26, 2012:

• TB Drug Could Reduce Mortality for Multidrug-Resistant (MDR-TB) and Extremely Drug-Resistant (XDR-TB) Cases

Posted September 20, 2012:

• New Strategies Needed to Combat Disease in Developing Countries

Posted September 18, 2012:

• New Research Could Provide New Insights Into Tuberculosis and Other Diseases

Posted September 17, 2012:

• Scientists Reveal How Natural Antibiotic Kills Tuberculosis Bacterium

Posted September 10, 2012:

• Pain Drug Can Kill Resistant Tuberculosis: Low Cost Drug Wipes out Drug Resistant TB, but May Not Reach Patients in Need

Posted September 5, 2012:

• Call for a New Approach to Fighting Tuberculosis

Posted September 3, 2012:

• High Doses of Vitamin D Help Tuberculosis Patients Recover More Quickly

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