Blood test to predict risk of developing Mycobacterium TB supriya kashyap kashyap27 March 2016 9:59 AM ISTNew York : An international team of researchers has identified biological markers in the blood that can help doctors predict who is at high risk of...
New insights for tuberculosis drug discovery in India supriya kashyap kashyap11 July 2016 3:23 PM ISTNew Delhi : There is a deadly terrorist out there and it kills about 1000 people every day in India which is almost one person every minute.No jail is...
Signs TB Can Persist in Lungs Despite Treatment: Research supriya kashyap kashyap9 Sept 2016 9:07 AM ISTPatients with active tuberculosis of the lungs, the infectious form of the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), are typically treated with...
TB tricks bodys immune system to make people infectious supriya kashyap kashyap23 Oct 2016 1:38 PM ISTLondon : Tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the bodys lung tissue, which makes the person highly infectious through coughing...
Ancient Chinese medicine can help fight TB: Study supriya kashyap kashyap26 Dec 2016 12:14 PM ISTNew York : Researchers have found that centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists to treat malaria, can aid in tuberculosis (TB)...
Research suggests new treatment for TB patients supriya kashyap kashyap2 March 2017 12:39 PM ISTWashington : Antibacterial compounds found in soil could spell the beginnings of a new treatment for tuberculosis, new research led by the University...
Cornell discovery holds potential for treating tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 July 2017 9:23 AM ISTITHACA, N.Y. - A recent discovery by Cornell University researchers could lead to a new, effective treatment for persistent tuberculosis...
Genetic variation may increase tuberculosis susceptibility Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 July 2017 12:46 PM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : Chinese researchers have found that a single change in a gene may increase the risk of tuberculosis.According to the study, a...
BCG jab may protect against TB for nearly twice as long as previously thought supriya kashyap kashyap3 Sept 2017 9:35 AM ISTPreviously thought to be effective for 10-15 years, a new case-control study found that if given in early teenage years (12-13), the Bacillus...
Lansoprazole may help fight against tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTA cheap and widely used drug used to treat conditions such as heartburn, gastritis, and ulcers, could work against the bacteria that cause...
A step forward towards developing TB vaccine Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Dec 2017 7:20 PM ISTA team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has taken an important step forward in research efforts that could one day lead to an...
Going undercover to fight tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTTuberculosis is one of the most widespread life-threatening infectious diseases. Not only does antibiotic resistance make treatment increasingly...
