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Breaking news from the Stop TB Partnership
The Stop TB Partnership made two exciting announcements today: 1. US$ 40 million committed to roll-out of Xpert and 2. Dramatic results from TB REACH mHealth project make case for wider implementation.
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.
TB R&D Weekly Update: Tuberculosis and Cancer
This week we review a commentary on the correlations between tuberculosis and cancer, specifically lung cancer. The article appeared in the June issue of Lancet Oncology. Additional links to TB R&D News are included.
Posted in Announcements, Faces of TB, TB Diagnostics, TB News, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Announcement: World-Renowned Pulmonologist Michael Iseman Joins Oxford Immunotec
Dr. Michael D. Iseman, a world renowned pulmonologist and leading expert on tuberculosis has joined Oxford Immunotec as the Senior Scientific Advisor. In May 2010, the WGND had the honor of interviewing Dr. Iseman in our “Voices from the Fight to Stop TB” series. We congratulate Dr. Iseman on is new position!
CNN News Coverage and FIND Presentation on Rapid TB test, Xpert MTB/RIF
CNN featured TB diagnostic Xpert MTB/RIF in its Inside Africa program and looked at the implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF in Uganda. In addition, the CORE Group hosted an online presentation on Xpert MTB/RIF from Elizabeth Talbot, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Medical Scientist, FIND: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Results of a survey of their TB Working Group listserv also is included.
Posted in Announcements, Funding Opportunities, TB Diagnostics, TB Drug Development, TB News
The 2010 G-Finder Report and TB R&D: A Changing Landscape
Our guest author, Paloma Luisi, Grants Specialist at the TB Alliance, provides an overview of the third annual G-Finder report, Neglected Disease Research and Development, that was released on February 16, 2011, as it relates to TB R&D.
New Intensive Course on TB Diagnostics
“Advanced TB Diagnostic Research: An intensive, high-level course on TB diagnostic research methods” will be held July5-8, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This advanced course will cover the principles behind diagnostic research, diagnostic study designs, sources of bias, and value chain for TB diagnostics development.
WHO Endorses New Rapid Diagnostic Test for TB
Yesterday, Mario Raviglione , Director of Stop TB, and Giorgio Roscigno, CEO of FIND, held a global press conference announcing the World Health Organization’s endorsement of the new rapid diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF. If implemented to scale in countries where tuberculosis (TB) is endemic, it could revolutionize how TB is diagnosed and treated. The test could have a significant impact on patients that are smear negative, HIV positive, or infected with drug-resistant TB.
Posted in Front Lines of TB R&D, TB Diagnostics, TB Prevention and Control Strategies
Report: Priority Research Questions for TB&HIV
Following a year long consultative process WHO and the TB/HIV Working Group Secretariat finalized and released this report that defines the priority TB/HIV research agenda. The document reviews the latest available evidence in six key areas, defines the research gaps and identifies the priority research questions. These priority research questions require urgent and unprecedented scientific interest from TB and HIV researchers and require resources from funding agencies to ensure their implementation.
UK scientists devise ‘one-hour test’ for TB
Scientists in the UK say they have devised a new ultra-sensitive test which can diagnose the presence of the tuberculosis bacterium in one hour. The test has been developed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
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