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Researchers understand reproductive behaviors and olfactory abilities of African pouched rat

Thousands of people - many of them children - are hurt or killed by land mines each year, so finding these devices before they explode is critical.

25 Jan 2019

African scientists to build research capacity in African countries, develop ongoing scientific partnerships

Ten African scientists have been selected for training at the National Institutes of Health as part of a new fellowship program to build research capacity in African countries and develop ongoing scientific partnerships.

24 Jan 2019

CMV vaccine provides a new way to fight malaria

Early research on a new approach to protecting against malaria is offering promising, potentially long-lasting results against the persistent parasite that sickens hundreds of millions people each year.

24 Jan 2019

LJI awarded $22 million contract renewal to host and expand Immune Epitope Database

La Jolla Institute for Immunology has been awarded a $22 million contract renewal over seven years from the National Institutes of Health to host and expand the Immune Epitope Database.

24 Jan 2019

Clinical testing begins for temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine

Vaccinations have begun in a Phase 1 human clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable formulation of an experimental tuberculosis vaccine candidate.

23 Jan 2019

Migrants and refugees do not bring disease and are at greater health risk themselves says WHO

The irregular migrant refugees coming to European nations are often accused on bringing with them host of exotic communicable diseases that tend to spread among the host communities. The World Health Organization (WHO) this week has absolved the migrants of spreading disease in its first report that deals with this issue.

22 Jan 2019

Peptide isolated from soil fungi has antitumor and antibacterial properties

A team of scientists from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University together with their colleagues isolated a peptide named emericellipsin A from soil fungi.

22 Jan 2019

New resource-based approach to improve HIV care in low- and middle-income countries

A practical resource-based public health approach for the rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected individuals living in low- and middle-income countries could save thousands of lives, according to an Essay published January 15 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Mark Tenforde of the University of Washington School of Medicine, and colleagues.

18 Jan 2019

New rapid blood tests could speed up TB diagnosis, save the NHS money

Rapid blood tests used by the NHS are unable to rule out tuberculosis (TB) and should be replaced with a new, more accurate test, a study has found.

17 Jan 2019

Scientists solve another piece of Ebola virus puzzle

A team of researchers have discovered the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to unlocking the pathway of replication of the killer disease in human hosts.

17 Jan 2019

Study offers new insight on mechanism underlying control of gene expression

Researchers have provided new insight on the mechanism underlying the control of gene expression in all living organisms, according to a study published today in eLife.

8 Jan 2019

Rockefeller scientists uncover genetic mutation responsible for tuberculosis vulnerability

If you live in the United States, you are unlikely to come into contact with the microbe that causes tuberculosis. Your odds of encountering the microbe are so low, in fact, that risk factors for the disease can easily go unnoticed: If you happened to carry a gene that predisposed you to tuberculosis, you likely wouldn't know.

2 Jan 2019

Study finds high prevalence of TB infection among Tibetan refugee schoolchildren

In a tuberculosis screening and treatment initiative covering the entire population of Tibetan refugee schoolchildren in northern India, a team directed by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Wisconsin says it has found not only a startlingly high prevalence of TB disease and infection, but also a potentially workable strategy to eliminate the disease in a large, high-risk group.

19 Dec 2018

SLU researcher aims to eliminate TB with focus on high-risk patients

In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Soumya Chatterjee, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases, allergy and immunology at Saint Louis University, presents data to show that a focus on high-risk tuberculosis patients may be the answer to stalled progress in stamping out the illness in the United States.

19 Dec 2018

Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. linked with occasional use

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. appears more closely linked with their occasional use by many people than by their repeated use among smaller numbers of people, according to a large new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

18 Dec 2018

Researchers discover promising new compound against Buruli ulcer

Buruli ulcer - one of the most neglected among the NTDs - is a debilitating and stigmatizing disease. Affecting mainly children in West and Central Africa, the chronic disease results in devastating skin lesions and can lead to permanent disfigurement and long-term disabilities.

18 Dec 2018

Research: Myths about migration and health not supported by available evidence

Research published in The Lancet on 5 December revealed that harmful and unfounded myths about migration and health have become accepted and that these are used to justify policies of exclusion.

13 Dec 2018

Study finds drug targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses

No drugs are currently available to treat Ebola, Dengue, or Zika viruses, which infect millions of people every year and result in severe illness, birth defects, and even death. New research from the Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco may finally change that. Scientists identified key ways the three viruses hijack the body's cells, and they found at least one potential drug that can disrupt this process in human cells.

13 Dec 2018

Scientists perform lung lavage as new approach for tuberculosis diagnosis in rhinoceros

Conventional immunological tests for tuberculosis in rhinoceros are substantially insecure and bear high risk of false negative or false positive diagnosis with sometimes fatal consequences for the animal.

13 Dec 2018

New model could cure the potential to underestimate how quickly diseases spread

Researchers from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and Politecnico di Torino, Italy, have developed a mathematical model that could cure the potential to underestimate how quickly diseases spread.

13 Dec 2018

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Latest Tuberculosis News and Research

Researchers understand reproductive behaviors and olfactory abilities of African pouched rat

African scientists to build research capacity in African countries, develop ongoing scientific partnerships

CMV vaccine provides a new way to fight malaria

LJI awarded $22 million contract renewal to host and expand Immune Epitope Database

Clinical testing begins for temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine

Migrants and refugees do not bring disease and are at greater health risk themselves says WHO

Peptide isolated from soil fungi has antitumor and antibacterial properties

New resource-based approach to improve HIV care in low- and middle-income countries

New rapid blood tests could speed up TB diagnosis, save the NHS money

Scientists solve another piece of Ebola virus puzzle

Study offers new insight on mechanism underlying control of gene expression

Rockefeller scientists uncover genetic mutation responsible for tuberculosis vulnerability

Study finds high prevalence of TB infection among Tibetan refugee schoolchildren

SLU researcher aims to eliminate TB with focus on high-risk patients

Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. linked with occasional use

Researchers discover promising new compound against Buruli ulcer

Research: Myths about migration and health not supported by available evidence

Study finds drug targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses

Scientists perform lung lavage as new approach for tuberculosis diagnosis in rhinoceros

New model could cure the potential to underestimate how quickly diseases spread

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