New TB drug discovered
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A new antibiotic could prove to be an important weapon in the fight against tuberculosis, scientists predict. Known as R207910, the new drug has been tested in mice and has been proven safe in human volunteers.
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A trial of a new type of schizophrenia drug shows promise in patients.
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AUSTRALIAN scientists have developed a new vaccine for tuberculosis they believe will stem the spread of the disease which kills three million people a year.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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A novel type of antibiotic has been shown in laboratory tests to powerfully attack and control tuberculosis, and some experts predict it could become the first new drug in 40 years to combat the killer disease effectively.
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MAE SOT, Thailand  - Aid workers have discovered the first cases of "extensively drug resistant" TB among migrants from Myanmar, intensifying fears about untreatable infectious diseases propagating in the army-ruled former Burma.
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A new diet drug has helped people lose nearly four times as much weight as a placebo in an eagerly awaited two-year trial, researchers reported yesterday.
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A pill that helps you lose weight and quit smoking? That was amazing enough to capture headlines this past week. But scientists say the experimental drug might be even more versatile, providing a new tool
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Another schizophrenia drug from the company shows promise in a clinical trial.
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Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help doctors in the developing world.
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Public health authorities have found all 26 Americans who sat near a man infected with untreated "extensively drug-resistant" tuberculosis on a transatlantic flight last month and will be able to test them for exposure to the often-fatal organism, federal officials said yesterday.
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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 Thursday.
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Scientists have found evidence of a peril that human ancestors encountered in their migrations out of Africa: tuberculosis.
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Australian scientists have developed a new vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) with the new hope to prevent the spread of the disease. Researchers with Sydney&#39;s Royal Prince Alfred
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If SARS comes back to haunt the world again, a team of Belgian scientists may have discovered a new weapon to use against it. Chloroquine, a drug used to fight malaria since World War II, has been found to
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Streptomycin proves a godsend for tuberculosis victims and the sufferers of other infectious diseases, but the fallout from its discovery almost undoes its discoverer.
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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.