New study reports the improved efficacy of the tuberculosis vaccine by changing the vaccination method. The World Health Organization reported that in 2018 a total of 1.5 million died from Tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, making it the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.  The WHO also lists multidrug-resistant TB as a health security […]

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Researchers develop and test a potential new tuberculosis vaccine in mice. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Tuberculosis is a large threat because it is able to live in a host without obvious symptoms for a period of time before becoming active. This disease resulted in 1.6 million deaths […]

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Researchers develop AI-based methods to identify optimal drug-dose combinations to treat tuberculosis. The spread of tuberculosis (TB) has diminished in the developed world, but it is still prevalent in the developing parts of the world such as in Asia and Africa. The rise of HIV in the 1980’s also saw an increase in TB infections […]

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A recent study looked into how anti-tuberculosis drugs might affect the microbiota and increase the risk of re-infection.   Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known to humans. A microbe called Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes and spreads this illness in the population. With time, this germ has evolved and adapted to survive within our body. […]

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Tuberculosis infects millions of people across the world. A recent study investigated if an inhalable drug, derived from vitamin A, may be a new form of tuberculosis treatment. Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that typically affects the lungs. In 2017, the disease killed 1.6 million people and made many more ill. It is usually treated […]

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The rise of antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis means that a new type of tuberculosis treatment is desperately needed. A new type of drug that helps the body fight off tuberculosis shows promise in scientific studies. Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Fortunately, it can usually […]

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A team of international researchers analyzed the genome sequences of over 10,000 tuberculosis strains to better understand drug resistance in tuberculosis treatment.   Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the deadliest infectious disease. In 2016, approximately 1.7 million patients died from TB and 10 million people developed the disease. Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. […]

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It is established that tuberculosis affects Indigenous populations at a higher rate than any other populations of the USA, Canada, and Greenland. Researchers investigate how tuberculosis rates have changed for six different Indigenous populations since the 1960s, and what was responsible for these changes. The Indigenous populations of North America and Greenland have higher rates […]

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