News tagged with tuberculosis xdr
Girl's life saved by novel therapy for drug-resistant TB
Belgian physicians report they have cured a young patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) using a novel two-drug combination developed by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva ...
May 11, 2011 |
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Antibiotic combination defeats extensively drug-resistant TB
A combination of two FDA-approved drugs, already approved for fighting other bacterial infections, shows potential for treating extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the most deadly form of the ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Management of TB cases falls short of international standards
The management of tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research.
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Indian experts probing 'untreatable' TB cases
The Indian government on Tuesday dispatched a team of medical experts to the financial capital, Mumbai, to assess reports of a handful of cases of apparently untreatable tuberculosis.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs
Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis," a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Structural Genomics Project creates blueprint for infectious disease and biodefense research
The September issue of the online scientific journal Acta Crystallographica: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (Acta Cryst F) will consist entirely of work done at the Seattle Structural Genomics Center ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Cancer drug target is promising lead for new TB treatments
A key enzyme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that enables the microbe to reproduce rapidly could be a golden target for new drugs against tuberculosis (TB), according to a study published in Microbiology on 17 November. ...
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Aeras and Crucell announce Phase II clinical trial start in Kenya
Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell N.V. and the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation today announced the start of a Phase II clinical trial in infants of the jointly developed tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, AERAS-402/Crucell ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 22, 2010 |
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New avenues for overcoming tuberculosis drug resistance
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a global health problem, in part due to the exceptional drug resistance displayed by the TB-causing agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Beyond even acquired drug resistance, these bacteria are al ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
Dec 27, 2009 |
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New drug-resistant TB strains could become widespread, says new study
The emergence of new forms of tuberculosis could swell the proportion of drug-resistant cases globally, a new study has found. The finding raises concern that although TB incidence is falling in many regions, the emergence ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Tuberculosis -- hiding in plain sight
Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The related report by Rahman et al, "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ effector ...
May 22, 2009 |
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