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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 10 in the open access journal PLoS Genetics, reported that a gene named Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8), previously shown only to recognize some factors from viruses such as the human...
A new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis has been identified by Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) researchers and their collaborators in The Netherlands, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a "split-state status" for Minnesota in its fight against bovine tuberculosis, i Advertisement: Norseman Motors FREE Alignment Check Get ready for winter by having your alignment checked Call dealer for Details!
XDR-TB is the abbreviation for extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, also called extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. One in three people in the world is infected with dormant TB germs. Only when the bacteria become active do people become ill with TB. Bacteria become active as a result of anything that can reduce the person’s immunity, such as HIV, advancing age or some medical conditions. TB...
NEW DELHI: With nearly five lakh people, constituting about 3 per cent of the Capital’s total population, suffering from tuberculosis in Delhi, Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Tuesday urged the citizens to contribute towards ...
Via Technology, Health and Development, the acclaimed photojournalist James Nachtwey is pointing his camera lens to a neglected but dangerous threat to global public health. According to XDRTB.orgTB can usually be treated with a course of four standard, or "first-line,"...
Although the dreaded extensively resistant tuberculosis is already advancing on us and doctors have been unable to save a number of sufferers, a new, promising treatment based on linezolid has been successfully trialled by German and Italian researchers. They presented their preliminary results to the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) in Berlin.
James Nachtwey won in 2007 and the fruits of his dream and effort from numerous collaborators is becoming a reality. This past weekend and in the coming days his incredible pictures are being projected at scale in public places in 50 cities worldwide.Time magazine is running a 7-page feature in all of its global editions published today. Many other media are on board to support the effort, including...
The Boston Globe has a stunning gallery of tuberculosis patients photographed by James Nachtwey, winner of a TED prize in 2007 . The images are extraordinary not only for their stark depiction of illness, but also for how far removed they seem from everyday life--yet this disease is a reality for millions across the globe (1.7 million people died of TB last year). We may not think of tuberculosis...
Last year, you may remember the stories and the blog entries the about Robert Daniels, the American lawyer, who was quarantined because of XDR-TB, but the problem goes far beyond the geographical boundaries of the US -- it is a new and deadly form of tuberculosis that is threatening to become a global pandemic. In an effort to stop the disease and spread the story, James Nachtwey illustrates the problem...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes us into a small village near Lima, Peru hospital where tuberculosis is running rampant.
