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New Understanding of Latent Tuberculosis
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[31/01/2013] Forsyth scientists have gained new insight on how Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global epidemic. Although drugs have been available for 50 years, TB still infects nearly 2.2 billion people worldwide and causes 1.7 million annual deaths. New Understanding of Latent Tuberculosis - Read more
New Test Could Improve Treatment
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[22/11/2012] A new rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) could substantially and cost-effectively reduce TB deaths and improve treatment in southern Africa — a region where both HIV and tuberculosis are common — according to a new study by Harvard School of Public researchers. New Test Could Improve Treatment - Read more
TB Test Promises to Be Cheap and Fast
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[24/05/2012] Biomedical engineers at University of California Davis have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the disease. TB Test Promises to Be Cheap and Fast - Read more
Tiny Tool Can Play Big Role Against Tuberculosis
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[18/05/2012] A tiny filter could have a big impact around the world in the fight against tuberculosis. Using the traditional microscope-based diagnosis method as a starting point, University of Florida lung disease specialists have devised a way to detect more cases of the bacterial infection. Tiny Tool Can Play Big Role Against Tuberculosis - Read more
Treatment of Tuberculosis Can Be Guided by Patients' Genetics
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[09/02/2012] A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculosis. That shows a study of an international collaboration between researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, Duke University, Harvard University, the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam and Kings College London. Treatment of Tuberculosis Can Be Guided by Patients' Genetics - Read more
Research Suggests New Way to Ensure Effectiveness
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[29/12/2011] A UT Southwestern Medical Center study using a sophisticated "glass mouse" research model has found that multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is more likely caused in patients by speedy drug metabolism rather than inconsistent doses, as is widely believed. Research Suggests New Way to Ensure Effectiveness - Read more
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Increased in Postpartum Women
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[09/12/2011] The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is significantly increased in mothers postpartum, suggesting a potential new population to target for screening, according to a new United Kingdom-wide cohort study. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Increased in Postpartum Women - Read more
Early HIV Treatment Increases Survival in Patients with Tuberculosis
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[21/10/2011] Timing is everything when treating patients with both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Starting HIV therapy in such patients within two weeks of TB treatment, rather than two months as is the current practice, increases survival by 33 per cent, according to a large-scale clinical trial in Cambodia led by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. Early HIV Treatment Increases Survival in Patients with Tuberculosis - Read more
Increased Lung Cancer Risk Among Tuberculosis Patients
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[03/01/2011] China Medical University study shows higher incidence of cancer in those who have had tuberculosis. Increased Lung Cancer Risk Among Tuberculosis Patients - Read more
New Genomic Marker for Tuberculosis
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[30/08/2010] It may soon be possible to identify patients who will develop tuberculosis, as scientists have identified changes in the blood specific to the disease. These findings are from an international study conducted by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital using blood profiling techniques to understand infections. New Genomic Marker for Tuberculosis - Read more
Test for Children
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[28/07/2010] An international team of researchers comparing recently-developed methods for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in resource-poor countries has concluded that the best test for high-risk children is the microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) technique. Test for Children - Read more
False Positive Worse Than Truly Ill
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[18/05/2010] HIV-infected patients who are falsely diagnosed as having tuberculosis (TB) have higher rates of mortality than those who are correctly diagnosed with the disease, according to a new study. False Positive Worse Than Truly Ill - Read more
New Vaccine to Prevent Tuberculosis
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[01/02/2010] Investigators have reported results of a clinical trial showing that a new vaccine against tuberculosis is effective in preventing tuberculosis (TB) in people with HIV infection. New Vaccine to Prevent Tuberculosis - Read more
Out of Sight, out of Mind
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[01/02/2009] Diseases from long ago are slowly disappearing from our minds. Wrongly, however, as only one deadly disease, smallpox, has been eradicated throughout the world. Out of Sight, out of Mind - Read more
