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TB R&D Weekly Update: Tailoring TB Treatment Based on Host Genotype?
This week we have research out of the Ramakrishnan Laboratory that challenges thinking around tuberculosis treatment and considerations of host genotypes. Additional links to TB R&D news are included.
News from the 21st Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board Meeting, Bangkok
he 21st Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board retreat and meeting officially started in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, January 29th with the official opening ceremony held yesterday January 30th. Included are some exciting news from the meeting courtesy of Mark Harrington, Executive Director of the Treatment Action Group (TAG).
Summary Available! TB Clinical Trials Consultants Meeting
On November 17 and 18, a TB Clinical Trials Consultants Meeting was held at St. George’s, University of London. The meeting was organized by CDC, CPTR, INTERTB, NIH, and TB Alliance. The meeting was convened to catalog expert opinion on the conduct of Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials in tuberculosis.
TB R&D Weekly Update: SQ109 and PNU Compounds Additive
In this week’s article, we look at two drugs in our Global TB Drug Pipeline and how they interact with each other: SQ109 (class: Ethylenediamines, Sequella) and PNU-100480 (called Sutezolid, class: Oxazolidinone, Pfizer). Additional links to TB R&D news are included.
TB R&D Weekly Update: TDR Tuberculosis Strain Bank
This week we highlight an article looking at the TDR Tuberculosis Strain Bank and its utility. Additional links to TB R&D news are included.
Posted in Faces of TB, TB Prevention and Control Strategies, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Kick TB Campaign: Scoring Big in South Africa and Beyond
The Kick TB Campaign is a unique project that uses the World’s most popular sport to educate and engage young people in the effort to stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB).
TB R&D Weekly Update: Totally Drug-Resistant TB
Over the past couple of weeks there have been much discussion and reporting on totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB) based on reports of new cases in India. Here are links to coverage of TDR-TB in India, excerpt from a response by Dr. Nardell who we interviewed last year, and link to the WHO Fact Sheet on TDR-TB. Additional links to TB R&D News are included.
Posted in Early Drug Development, Front Lines of TB R&D, TB News, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
TB R&D Weekly Update: Podcast Interview with Dr. Yossef Av-Gay
This week we interview Dr. Yossef Av-Gay and discuss his recently published paper, his contribution to TB drug discovery and the focus of his research. Dr. Av-Gay, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia, recently published a paper in PNAS that provides evidence to that points to a specific protein that allows Mtb to bypass the body’s defenses. Additional TB R&D news links are included.
4th Annual G-FINDER Survey Released
Today, the fourth annual G-FINDER survey tracking funding for research and development of neglected disease technologies was released. This year’s report shows that funding for product development is on the decline and product development partnerships (PDPs) have been particularly hard hit, as eight of the top twelve public donors cut their funding in 2010. Now is a time of tremendous opportunity, with dozens of potential products within the reach of patients–donors must commit to taking them across the finish line.
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Toppix TB News- South Korea's legacy battle with tuberculosis 21 Feb 2012
- Roger Bate: The Phony-Drug War 21 Feb 2012
- Fight against neglected global diseases moves another step forward... 21 Feb 2012
- Tuberculosis 'Superbug' Not Stateside Threat, Says FP Expert 20 Feb 2012
- How Can You Tell That You Have Tuberculosis Symptoms? 18 Feb 2012
