Items tagged with Scientific research
How a virtual monkey lung could advance treatment for a centuries-old global threat (post)
A team of researchers say they’ve made a breakthrough that could speed up the search for more effective treatments and vaccines for the world’s No. 1 infectious killer.
Unlocking hidden connections between cell death and inflammation (post)
New research sheds light on how a genetic mutation affecting mitochondria influences chronic inflammatory disorders and immune responses.
Highlights from the 2022 Union World Conference on Lung Health: Official press statements (post)
For the third year in a row, the 2022 Union World Conference on Lung Health was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 8-11 November 2022 under the theme Combating Pandemics: Today & Tomorrow.
Researchers discover gut mechanism that triggers innate immunity against respiratory infections (post)
Scientists studying how a common tuberculosis vaccine works have discovered that it induces a previously unknown mechanism in the gut that triggers a systemic immune alert, which then causes changes in the innate immune system in the lung to fend off not just tuberculosis, but a broad range of respiratory pathogens.
Kicking goals against TB (post)
A potential new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed at James Cook University is one of six now being tested in the first phase of a US $1.7 million head-to-head vaccine tournament, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Failure of TB treatment linked to bacterial resilience (post)
Boston, MA, December 8, 2022 – Researchers have discovered a new form of altered drug susceptibility—dubbed antibiotic resilience—that enables Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to survive antibiotic treatment. The study, led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, could help inform future therapeutics and reduce treatment failure in tuberculosis patients.
New DNA analysis provides first accurate TB genome (post)
Researchers have developed a novel genome assembly tool that could spur the development of new treatments for tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.
Could a 100-year-old TB vaccine help scientists find a better one? (post)
Development of more effective TB drugs and vaccines is a pressing, unmet medical need.
T cell receptor repertoires associated with control and disease progression following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (post)
5 Jan 2023: Researchers from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) have just published results from a study using cutting edge-technology to identify new targets for novel TB vaccine candidates.
An old TB vaccine might help stave off diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more (post)
The bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine against tuberculosis—or simply BCG—is the oldest vaccine in the world that is still currently in use. Millions of infants in Africa and Asia receive the inoculation each year.
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