Tuberculosis News

Posted March 8, 2005:

• Protein Discovery Could Unlock The Secret To Better TB Treatment

Posted February 12, 2005:

• Abandoned Bones Suggest TB Wiped Out Leprosy In Battle Of Killer Diseases

Posted January 11, 2005:

• Scientists Develop Split Green For Tagging Protein

Posted December 20, 2004:

• New Tuberculosis Antibiotic May Shorten Treatment Time, Fight Drug-Resistant Strains

Posted December 19, 2004:

• Risk Of Tuberculosis Doubles In First Year Of HIV Infection

Posted November 30, 2004:

• Antibiotic Rifampicin Shows Promise For Fighting Parkinson's Disease In Laboratory Tests

Posted October 30, 2004:

• A Clear View Of Mycobacterial Infection

Posted September 23, 2004:

• Scientists Discover Potential New Way To Control Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Posted May 10, 2004:

• Wisconsin Chemists Find A New Chink In TB's Armor

Posted March 25, 2004:

• Germany Starts Clinical Development Of A New Tuberculosis Vaccine

Posted March 24, 2004:

• WHO Sees Surge In Progress Against Tuberculosis On Eve Of Global Summit

Posted March 22, 2004:

• Researchers Identify The Pattern Of Gene-Expression Changes For Tuberculosis In A Living Host

Posted March 17, 2004:

• Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Levels Ten Times Higher In Eastern Europe And Central Asia

Posted March 16, 2004:

• Tuberculosis Strains Stay Close To Home, Say Stanford Researchers

Posted January 27, 2004:

• First US Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial In 60 Years Begins

Posted December 30, 2003:

• Half A Million Patients Suffering From Tuberculosis To Get Free Life-Saving Medicines

Posted November 7, 2003:

• New TB Vaccine Shows Promise In HIV Infection

Posted May 21, 2003:

• A New Antibiotic Appears Effective Against Multidrug-Resistant TB

Posted May 14, 2003:

• Gene That Controls Susceptibility To Tuberculosis Discovered

Posted April 15, 2003:

• Scientists Find Genetic Key To TB Bacteria Survival In Lung Cells; Findings May Pinpoint Targetsfor Treatment Development

Posted March 25, 2002:

• Researchers Identify Immune Response To Tuberculosis Infection

Posted January 30, 2002:

• DNA Arrays Give Clues To Better Vaccines

Posted July 16, 2001:

• Researchers Find How Tuberculosis Bacterium Evades Detection By Immune System

Posted July 4, 2001:

• Genes Crucial In The Control Of Tuberculosis Found By Gladstone Researchers

Posted May 8, 2001:

• A Parasite, A Virus, And A Bacterium: NIAID's Plan To Tackle The World's Leading Killers

Posted December 19, 2000:

• Noni Plant May Yield New Drugs To Fight Tuberculosis

Posted September 29, 2000:

• Government And Industry Team Up To Battle Infectious Diseases

Posted August 17, 2000:

• Enzyme Offers Target To Attack Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Posted August 4, 2000:

• Biologist Finds Peruvian Plants Inhibit Growth Of Tuberculosis Bacterium

Posted March 14, 2000:

• Study Finds Physicians Err In Treating Tuberculosis, Raising Risk Of Drug-Resistant Disease

Posted January 28, 2000:

• Mortician Becomes Infected With TB From Cadaver

Posted November 8, 1999:

• A Chink In The Armor Of The Tuberculosis Bacillus

Posted October 20, 1999:

• Argonne Biochips May Halt Tuberculosis Epidemic

Posted October 7, 1999:

• UCSF Researchers Unravel Mystery Of TB Infection; Findings Significant For Future Development Of Vaccine

Posted September 29, 1999:

• New Technique Identifies M. Tuberculosis Genes

Posted August 17, 1999:

• Linezolid Is Highly Effective Against Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Posted August 3, 1999:

• Colorado State Microbiologists Help Identify Cell Membrane Substance That Could "Boost" Vaccines For Tuberculosis, Other Diseases

Posted June 8, 1999:

• Report: Tuberculosis Control Programs Inadequate In Developing Countries

Posted February 1, 1999:

• Tuberculosis Spreads Through Crowded City Buses, Cornell Researcher Reports

Posted September 16, 1998:

• Multi Drug Resistant-TB: Russian Economic Collapse Will Lead To Global Spread Of "Ebola With Wings"

Posted June 10, 1998:

• Scientists Identify Molecular Target For Tuberculosis Drug Treatment

Posted March 19, 1998:

• Simplified Therapy To Prevent TB Proven Effective In Developing Countries

Posted February 11, 1998:

• Short-Course TB Prophylaxis Effective In HIV-Infected Individuals

Posted September 30, 1997:

• Scientists Develop Powerful Tool For Studying TB

Posted September 12, 1997:

• University Of Illinois At Chicago Tests Anti-Cancer Tablet

Posted September 10, 1997:

• University Of Cincinnati Chemists Develop High-Efficiency Method To Synthesize And Screen Potential Antibiotics

Posted August 24, 1997:

• Researchers Discover How Tuberculosis Bacteria Invade Cells

Posted July 31, 1997:

• TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary in HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests

Posted March 20, 1997:

• National Jewish Medical And Research Center Promotes Tuberculosis Awareness Through Continued Treatment And Research On World TB Day, March 24

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