Interview with Dr. Mark Cotton – Part Two
Dr. Mark Cotton is Director of Children's Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU) at University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Pediatric TB has emerged as a broad priority...
View ArticleWorld TB Day! Overview of Events, News and Messages
Saturday, March 24, is officially World TB Day but there has been a stream of activities, publications, news and messages to let the world not forget about this major infectious disease killer that...
View ArticleTB R&D Update: 243rd American Chemistry Society Conference
The 243rd American Chemistry Society National Meeting and Exposition is being held in San Diego, California, from March 26 to March 29. There are several presentations on tuberculosis. Here are the...
View ArticleRecap from the 43rd Union World Conference in Kuala Lumpur
The week of November 12th was exciting with the 43rd Union World Conference, the WGND Annual Meeting (will be posting presentations soon), and the Stop TB Coordinating Board Meeting. Included are some...
View ArticleTB R&D Weekly Update: TB Vaccine Efficacy Trial Yields Key Insights and Poor...
The results of the first TB vaccine efficacy trial in over 90 years was released today showing that the vaccine candidate MVA85A when given as a booster did not provide added protection to infants who...
View ArticleGet Ready for World TB Day March 24, 2013!
World TB Day is celebrated on March 24 and there is a lot going on during this week and next to highlight the continued problem of TB in the world and the solutions to address the problem. Included is...
View ArticleTagline Spring 2013: 3 Articles on TB Research
Treatment Action Group (TAG) recently released its Spring 2013 issue of tagline, which contains three articles about TB research that might be of interest to you-- 1) on rifapentine research and...
View ArticleOtsuka Begins Paediatric MDR-TB Trials
Enrollment has begun for a ground-breaking clinical program exploring the use of delamanid in paediatric multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Otsuka is the first company to perform a trial among...
View ArticleWHO Global TB Report 2013: Slow decline in Disease Burden, New Tools Needed...
This is the eighteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress made...
View ArticleTB Alliance makes series of announcements regarding new initiatives to combat...
TB Alliance, an international non-profit whose mission is to develop better and more affordable drugs against tuberculosis, made three announcements on World TB Day demonstrating their commitment to...
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