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New vaccine approach offers effective protection against tuberculosis

A unique platform that resulted in a promising HIV vaccine has also led to a new, highly effective vaccine against tuberculosis that is moving toward testing in humans.

18 Jan 2018

Kessler Foundation wins $735,000 grant for training rehabilitation researchers

Guang Yue, PhD, director of Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, has been awarded a $735,000 grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

18 Jan 2018

Guts of surfers more likely to be colonized by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study reveals

Regular surfers and bodyboarders are three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant E. coli in their guts than non-surfers, new research has revealed.

15 Jan 2018

Researchers discover new weapon to combat tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease which attacks the lungs, claims someone's life every 20 seconds and 1.5 million lives worldwide every year.

11 Jan 2018

Researchers discover cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis pathogens

Between February and November 2016, the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich discovered a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in eight refugees arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa.

9 Jan 2018

Study suggests vitamin C enhances tuberculosis drugs effectiveness

A new study conducted by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, proposed the use of vitamin C together with tuberculosis drugs for rapid eradication of the disease-causing pathogens. The studies were carried out on mice and in tissue cultures and the results have been published in the journal of American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

5 Jan 2018

Scientists show how alcohol exposure leads to permanent genetic damage

Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Nature today (Wednesday).

4 Jan 2018

TUM scientists discover new substance to fight against tuberculosis

In search of new strategies against life-threatening tuberculosis infections, a team from the Technical University of Munich, as well as Harvard University and Texas A&M University in the USA have found a new ally.

28 Dec 2017

Alcohol related hangovers may soon be passé with the advent of “safer” alternatives

Professor David Nutt, previously chairman of the United Kingdom’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and now teaching at Imperial College, believes that having a hangover after a an episode of binge drinking would soon be a thing of the past. A new synthetic alcohol called “alcosynth” could provide the pleasures of alcohol consumption without the harmful side effects.

19 Dec 2017

Texas Biomed scientists develop new animal model that mimics key features of Zika infection

An alternative animal model that mimics key features of the Zika virus infection, including its lingering presence in bodily fluids, has been developed at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio.

12 Dec 2017

Novel compound inhibits mycomembrane biosynthesis and kills tuberculosis bacteria

Tuberculosis is one of the most widespread life-threatening infectious diseases. Not only does antibiotic resistance make treatment increasingly difficult, but the bacteria’s relatively impermeable mycomembrane also limits the effectiveness of many drugs.

12 Dec 2017

MIT researchers discover new way to make bacteria vulnerable to existing antibiotics

MIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are often used to treat infections such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

8 Dec 2017

Malaria parasite employs active strategy to deceive the immune system

Global efforts to eradicate malaria are crucially dependent on scientists' ability to outsmart the malaria parasite. And Plasmodium falciparum is notoriously clever: It is quick to develop resistance against medications and has such a complex life cycle that blocking it effectively with a vaccine has thus far proved elusive.

7 Dec 2017

Microbiologists find deadly cryptococcal fungi in public spaces in South Africa

Large populations of potentially deadly cryptococcal fungi have been found on woody debris collected from old trees in two public areas in the center of Cape Town and the Northern Cape, South Africa.

7 Dec 2017

New small-molecule drug restores brain function, memory in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

An international team of researchers has shown that a new small-molecule drug can restore brain function and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

5 Dec 2017

Research could contribute to development of therapeutic drug and vaccine against malaria

Malaria is one of three major infectious diseases affecting approximately 300 million people every year, accounting for about 500,000 deaths, but effective vaccine development has not been successful.

4 Dec 2017

Over half of reported HIV diagnoses in Europe happen in late stage of infection

The WHO European Region is the only Region worldwide where the number of new HIV infections is rising. With more than 160 000 people newly diagnosed with HIV across the Region, including more than 29 000 new cases from the European Union and European Economic Area, this trend continued in 2016.

29 Nov 2017

Tuberculosis News and Research

Latest Tuberculosis News and Research

New vaccine approach offers effective protection against tuberculosis

Kessler Foundation wins $735,000 grant for training rehabilitation researchers

Guts of surfers more likely to be colonized by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study reveals

Researchers discover new weapon to combat tuberculosis

Researchers discover cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis pathogens

Study suggests vitamin C enhances tuberculosis drugs effectiveness

Scientists show how alcohol exposure leads to permanent genetic damage

TUM scientists discover new substance to fight against tuberculosis

Alcohol related hangovers may soon be passé with the advent of “safer” alternatives

Texas Biomed scientists develop new animal model that mimics key features of Zika infection

Novel compound inhibits mycomembrane biosynthesis and kills tuberculosis bacteria

MIT researchers discover new way to make bacteria vulnerable to existing antibiotics

Malaria parasite employs active strategy to deceive the immune system

Microbiologists find deadly cryptococcal fungi in public spaces in South Africa

New small-molecule drug restores brain function, memory in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Research could contribute to development of therapeutic drug and vaccine against malaria

Over half of reported HIV diagnoses in Europe happen in late stage of infection

Researchers tackling deadly TB discuss the way forward in treatment and prevention

Scientists take major step forward in research efforts to develop TB vaccine

Researchers find new way to boost cancer-destroying ability of T-cells

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