Surprise Discovery Made in TB Treatment
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A chemical compound that drug developers had shelved as a failed treatment for inflammation has unexpectedly become the most promising new tuberculosis medicine to emerge in 40 years, scientists said today.
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There is a tuberculosis alert at the Causeway Hospital, after a member of staff contracts a rare form of the disease.
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WASHINGTON Dec 9, 2004 - Laboratory tests of a new type of antibiotic suggest it might revolutionize the treatment of tuberculosis, a global killer disease that has become increasingly resistant to current drugs and which is now claiming more than 2
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The problem of multidrug-resistant TB may be even more severe than previously thought, experts warn.
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A novel antibiotic that is working  well in mice may be the first new drug enlisted in the fight  against tuberculosis in 40 years, Johnson & Johnson said on  Thursday.
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Adding a new antibiotic to the standard mix of drugs used to treat tuberculosis could shave at least two months off the current grueling six-month regimen, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes do not respond as well to tuberculosis therapy as those who are non-diabetic, Dutch researchers report.
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A new HIV drug shows promising results in people for whom other treatments no longer work, a study suggests.
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WASHINGTON - An antibiotic that shuts down the power source of the tuberculosis bacteria may become the first new drug enlisted in 40 years to fight the disease.
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US researchers have found a way to use an antibiotic to correct a flaw in cancer cells that allows them to avoid the normal death process.
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New research gives hope for successfully treating tuberculosis in a few months rather than the six months or more currently needed to beat the contagious lung disease, doctors reported Tuesday.
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Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries.
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US scientists believe they have made a discovery which could mean a cure for more diabetic patients in the future. Some patients have already been cured by islet cell transplants, but a major obstacle is a
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Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.
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If antibiotic succeeds in testing, it would be the 1st new treatment for the disease in 41 years. WASHINGTON -- A novel type of antibiotic has been shown in laboratory tests to powerfully attack and control
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How can doctors tell one type of drug-resistant tuberculosis from another? The task is tricky, and crucial.
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An unsurprising response from the FDA.