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Novel Antibiotic Candidates from Myxobacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 26, 2008
...photo , Image# 320605 German researchers have identified a group of new natural antibiotics against tuberculosis. The compounds have been isolated from Myxobacteria , and works by inhibiting the path...
Gut Microorganisms May Help Prevent Onset of Diabetes
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 22, 2008
...are kept. Previous research has shown that NOD mice exposed to killed (i.e., non-active) strains of tuberculosis or other disease-causing bacteria are protected against the development of Type I diabe...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Goes Into Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2008
... After 80 years, a new live vaccine against tuberculosis enters clinical trials this week. The new vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been geneti...
TB Vaccine Against Type 1 Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on April 5, 2008
...Harvard researchers is testing a already known tuberculosis (TB) vaccine against type 1 diabetes .
According to Denise L. Faustman, a Harvard Medical School professor who is helping to lead t...
Will the Fed avert a recession and other questions
in Sox First, on January 24, 2008
After the Monday Massacre of global stock markets , Asian markets have rallied and the Australian market ended its losing streak with the biggest one day gain since last August after the Fed's surprising rate cut. So the Fed has stopped, at least for now, a global rout but fears ...
McAfee Releases GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange
in I got Spam?!, on December 21, 2007
...atures: McAfee quarantine Manager provides centralized management of spam and other forms of quarantined mail across multiple Microsoft Exchange servers. Users can manage their personal whiteli...
Aviation News Update: Flight Attendant Retires &
in The Aviation Weblog, on November 30, 2007
... No one got TB from air traveler
Tests of hundreds of airline passengers show that no one caught tuberculosis while flying earlier this year with an infected man who caused an international health ...
Tuberculosis Drug Candidate SQ109 Granted Orphan Drug Status
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 30, 2007
... has granted "orphan drug" status to SQ109, an antimicrobial agent against drug-resistant tuberculosis jointly developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ...
Tuberkulosekontrolle: Deutsche und niederländische Expertenzentren schließen sich mit ihren osteuropäischen Kollegen zusammen
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on 23.10.07
... in die TB-Kontrolle eingebunden. Anlässlich der WHO-Europa-Ministerkonferenz "All against Tuberculosis" beabsichtigen sie, ihr Engagement gemeinsam mit den östlichen Kollegen noch zu intens...
Low Air Quality Aboard Planes
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 6, 2007
...rt may be due to dehydration.
Remember that guy who flew to Greece despite having drug resistant tuberculosis? I hope, for the sake of humanity, that few people are as selfish or stupid as him. Eve...
Adding Moxifloxacin to Antibiotic Combo, Speeds Up TB Treatment
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 23, 2007
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The standard treatment for the highly contagious form of lung disease - tuberculosis - takes 6 months.
Conventional TB Therapy prescribes a mix of antibiotics, typically four, given in ...
Tuberculosis Drug D-Cycloserine Helps OCD Patients
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 23, 2007
... Originally developed for tuberculosis, the drug D-Cycloserine has been found by University of Minnesota researchers to help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder make more progress in thera...
Private equity conflicts
in Sox First, on June 8, 2007
...s and external advisers. If they stand to benefit from a successful takeover, they would need to be quarantined from deliberations on whether a bid should be accepted. The document doesn't spell o...
Antifungal Drug, Potential TB Killer
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 15, 2007
... Tuberculosis or TB remains one of the world's deadly infectious diseases killing an estimated 2 million people worldwide each year.
Because of the rise of multi drug-resistant TB strains (M...
The Netherlands Invested Euro 18.4 Million to Make Better Vaccines to Fight Raging TB Pandemic
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 7, 2006
... project), a Product Development Partnership (PDP) that is collaborating with Crucell N.V. , KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation , Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AVI) and other Dutch organizations for...
Emerging Threat: XDR (Extensively Drug-Resistant) Tuberculosis
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 1, 2006
... According to an article published online last week in The Lancet , tuberculosis (TB) strains that are resistant to both first-line and second-line drugs are a threat to the success of not only tub...
Male Circumcision Significantly Lowers Risk of HIV Infection
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 11, 2006
...#39;s largest Aids charities, Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who believes that we are on the brink of a revolution in attitudes to circ...
Human Tuberculosis Gene
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 22, 2006
... have identified a human gene that may play a role in determining resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis , an infection with highest incidence rates in Africa (356 cases per 100,000). The same...
Designer Diagnostics Sponsors StopNTMnow.com
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 9, 2006
...tra Pharma , sponsored the website, StopNTMnow.com , an informative portal and forum about NonTuberculosis Mycobacterium .
"It is important to educate the public about the importance of NT...
Animalcules 1.6: Carnival Of The Microbes
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 20, 2006
...otech Weblog .
And from this weblog, take a look at this entry about a novel diagnostic strip for tuberculosis . It's still under clinical trials, but it seems to be a great deal better than the...
MTB ICT (Strip) Format: A Faster Diagnostic Test For Tuberculosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 19, 2006
... Tuberculosis , or, TB is a lung infection considered by WHO as one of the most common and deadly infectious diseases today. It is prevalent in developing countries, particularly in Asia and...
TB and vitamin D, linked
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 27, 2006
...y published February 23 by Science suggests that vitamin D supplements could be used to fight TB or tuberculosis, a disease that kills two million people a year, especially in developing countries.
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The Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Receives $300M From Gates Foundation
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 31, 2006
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This entry is submitted by Gloria Gamat, via Creative Reporter . To save 14 million deaths from tuberculosis, world leaders have been asked to back a multi-billion dollar plan over the next ten ye...
Baby Conceived From Frozen Donor Eggs Born on New Year's Eve
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 4, 2006
...e number of possible donor candidates.
Safety . As required by FDA, retrieved and frozen eggs are quarantined for 6 (six) months, and the donor must undergo rescreening for infectious diseases inclu...
Microscopic Disc Detects Cancer
in Philoneist, on January 1, 2006
...ld be used to recognize the presence of bio-contaminants before a carrier enters a hospital ward or quarantined area. Read the article . (BBC) Cancer Facts & Figures 2005 ( american cancer s...
NYC to monitor diabetics
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 15, 2005
... keep track of people with diabetes in much the same way it does with patients infected with HIV or tuberculosis.
The city will occasionally use its database to prod diabetics to take better care of ...
Recombinant Tuberculosis Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2005
...estigations , Max Planck researchers revealed the mechanism by which the new genetically engineered tuberculosis (BCG) vaccine functions. The vaccine has been licensed to the Vakzine Projekt Manageme...
Nutra Pharma Announces $9.6 Million Financing Agreement
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 23, 2005
...stic test kits designed to be used for the rapid identification of infectious diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI)
Read Nutra Pharma's press releas...
Update on Quarantined Tuberculosis Traveler
in The Aviation Weblog, on May 30, 2007
... Here's the latest on the quarantined tuberculosis traveler:
1. The still unidentified man knew he had tuberculosis and flew anyway.
2. Doctors advised him not to travel, but didn't demand ... ... Here's the latest on the quarantined tuberculosis traveler:
1. The still unidentified man knew he had tuberculosis and flew anyway.
2. Doctors advised him not to travel, but didn't demand ...
Man Quarantined After Flying with TB on Two Trans-Atlantic Flights
in The Aviation Weblog, on May 29, 2007
... An unidentified man, with a rare strand of tuberculosis, was quarantined at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital - the first such government regulated quarantined since 1963 - after he ignored med... ... An unidentified man, with a rare strand of tuberculosis, was quarantined at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital - the first such government regulated quarantined since 1963 - after he ignored med...