News tagged with international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease
Researchers Identify Tuberculosis Strain That Thrives on Antibiotic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a strain of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis that thrives in the presence of rifampin, a front-line drug in the treatment of tuberculosis. The bacterium was identified in a patient ...
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Tijuana injection drug users on collision course for HIV and TB
A study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mexican researchers and health officials, shows that as many as 67 percent of injection drug users in Tijuana test ...
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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'Vietnam time bomb' defused: Scientists find key mechanism by which bacterial pathogen causes melioidosis
A key mechanism by which a bacterial pathogen causes the deadly tropical disease melioidosis has been discovered by an international team of scientists.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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New antibody treatments help tackle tuberculosis
Researchers from the University of Dundee, King’s College London and St George’s, University of London have identified potential new means to treat tuberculosis (TB).
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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Report says economic development could change worldwide face of cancer
A new American Cancer Society report says cancers associated with lifestyles and behaviors related to economic development, including lung, breast, and colorectal cancers, will continue to rise in developing countries if ...
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Elderly might not benefit from TB vaccines in development
Elderly people might not benefit from some of the tuberculosis vaccines currently in development, recent research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Researchers find new clues to TB drug resistance
Two new tuberculosis studies by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers provide good news and bad news about the bacterium that infects nearly a third of the world's population and a disease that kills ...
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Mar 30, 2010 |
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Researchers find TB-prevention therapy is cost-effective option
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have found that the cost of preventive antibiotic tuberculosis (TB) therapy for patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is generally less expensive than ...
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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New project uses personal digital assistants to track TB data
For patients who have drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, it's critical to monitor the disease as closely as possible. That means monthly testing throughout a two-year course of powerful antibiotics, with injections six ...
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Scientists discover bacteria that can cause bone infections
Scientists have discovered that a bone infection is caused by a newly described species of bacteria that is related to the tuberculosis pathogen. The discovery may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of similar infections, ...
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Oct 17, 2008 |
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Scientists discover new information about diabetes' link to tuberculosis
New evidence discovered by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus shows that patients with Type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis because of ...
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Oct 14, 2008 |
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Scientists identify gene that may make humans more vulnerable to pulmonary tuberculosis
Researchers from the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and its collaborators have now identified for the first time a new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis. Their findings, published October ...
Oct 10, 2008 |
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