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Management Of TB Cases Falls Short Of International Standards

10 February 2012

The management of tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research. The research, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has... [read article]

Genetic Sequencing Of Patients To Guide Treatment For Tuberculosis

09 February 2012

A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculosis. An international collaboration between researchers at the University of... [read article]

Best Treatment For TB Patients Could Be Determined By 'Goldilocks' Gene

05 February 2012

'Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and the USA... [read article]

Tuberculosis News Articles Archive - Page 1

03 February 2012

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis - Update

19 January 2012

TB And A Gene Mutation That Causes Lung Cancer Linked

16 January 2012

Untreatable Tuberculosis Reported In India

30 December 2011

Research Suggests New Way To Ensure Effectiveness Of TB Treatment

29 December 2011

Research Suggests New Way To Ensure Effectiveness Of TB Treatment

20 December 2011

Tuberculosis - How Effective Is Cod Liver Oil?

18 December 2011

How Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cells Form

17 December 2011

Scientists Develop Animal Model For TB-Related Blindness

16 December 2011

NUS Partners FIND To Discover Novel Biomarkers For Tuberculosis Detection

Troubled Future In Development Assistance For Health As Deadline For Millennium Development Goals Nears

12 December 2011

Tuberculosis Diagnosis Rate Higher Among New Mothers After Childbirth

Discordance Among Commercially-Available Diagnostics For Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Treating Latent Tuberculosis - Easier Therapy, Study

10 December 2011

Diagnosis Of Tuberculosis Is Increased In Postpartum Women

Discordance Among Commercially-Available Diagnostics For Latent Tuberculosis Infection

09 December 2011

Study Leads To Simpler Therapy For Treating Latent Tuberculosis

05 December 2011

Vaccination With A 1-2 Punch Effective Against TB

03 December 2011

Vaccine Targeting Latent TB Enters Clinical Testing

01 December 2011

Preclinical Effectiveness Validated Of Tuberculosis Drug Target That Could Shorten Treatment Time

30 November 2011

New Tuberculosis Research Movement Needed

29 November 2011

Tuberculosis - Novel Tools And Coordination Required

26 November 2011

Underfunding Of Tuberculosis, WHO Warns Of Consequences

25 November 2011

Lilly Provides Additional Funding To Infectious Disease Research Institute To Identify New Tuberculosis Therapies

Eli Lilly And Company Provides IDRI With Additional Funding For Identification Of New Tuberculosis Therapies

24 November 2011

Global Financial Crisis Hits Disease Prevention Funding

18 November 2011

New TB Treatment Limits Infection While Reducing Drug Resistance

16 November 2011

Why The Body Can't Defend Against Tuberculosis

10 November 2011

For TB Diagnosis In Low- And Middle-Income Settings, XPert MTB/RIF Found To Be Cost Effective

08 November 2011

Economic Recession And Decrease In Observed Rate Of TB

01 November 2011

Community Counseling Reduced The Prevalence Of TB On A Budget

21 October 2011

Optimal Time To Integrate HIV Treatment With TB Therapy May Depend On The Degree To Which The Patient's Immune System Is Compromised

20 October 2011

Early HIV Treatment Dramatically Increases Survival In Patients Co-Infected With Tuberculosis

Latest Discovery In The Fight Against Tuberculosis

13 October 2011

Scientists Find Vitamin D Crucial In Human Immune Response To TB

12 October 2011

Smoking Could Cause 18 Million More Cases Of Tuberculosis Worldwide Over The Next 40 Years And 40 Million Additional Deaths

Global Deaths From TB Falling, WHO

Statement By ATS Immediate-Past President Dr. Dean Schraufnagel On WHO Report On TB

05 October 2011

Millions Of TB Deaths Could Be Avoided By Curbing Smoking

The Body's Defense Disarmed By Tuberculosis Bacterium's Outer Cell Wall

14 September 2011

Resistant TB Spreading In Europe At Alarming Rate, WHO

13 September 2011

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Sept. 12, 2011

06 September 2011

In Mouse Model, Potential Vaccine Readies Immune System To Kill Tuberculosis

05 September 2011

Promising New TB Vaccine Effective In Mice

19 August 2011

Research Identifies Co-Infection That Complicates TB Treatment

17 August 2011

A Faster Cheaper Way To Diagnose TB

15 August 2011

Unique Activity Of TB Drug Pyrazinamide Explained

Vaccine Candidate The Most Clinically Advanced Of A New Generation Of Vaccines Under Development To Combat TB And The TB/HIV Co-Epidemic

13 August 2011

TB Phase II Proof-Of-Concept Trial For Vaccine With Participants In Senegal And South Africa

TB Jab May Help Fight Cancer, Researchers Discover

12 August 2011

Researchers Decode Workings Of Mysterious, But Critical TB Drug

11 August 2011

Blood Tests For Active TB Not Accurate Or Cost-Effective

05 August 2011

More Evidence On Drug-Resistant TB Needed: New WHO Guidelines

03 August 2011

Promising Urine Test Tells How Effective Tuberculosis Treatment Is

02 August 2011

Lack Of Expression Of Innate Immune System Receptor May Play A Critical Role In The Immune Response To Mycobacterial Infections Like TB

01 August 2011

Clinical Trial On Experimental Anti-TB Drug To Begin At University Hospitals Case Medical Center

27 July 2011

Promising New TB Drug-Resistance Test Needs Investment For Those Diagnosed To Be Cured

Memorandum Of Understanding Signed For TB Vaccine R&D Collaboration

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