News about 'TB'

14 Aug 2019
FDA released the following press release on Wednesday, August 14th: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Pretomanid Tablets in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid for the treatment of a specific type of highly treatment-resistant tuberculosis (TB) of the lungs. “The threat of...
17 Apr 2018
A new laborartory resource handbook was published in March 2018 to support TB clinical trials. The authors and summary of the handbook are below. Please click here for a link to the full handbook. Authors Kathleen Eisenach, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Anne-Marie Demers, Desmond...
16 Nov 2017
Ending Tuberculosis Starts in Moscow (Op-ed) A meeting of the world’s health ministers in Moscow this week could prove to be a pivotal moment on the road to ending tuberculosis Nov 16, 2017 By José Luis Castro and Michel Kazatchkine A meeting of the world’s health ministers in Moscow this week...
27 Sep 2017
In a sign of increasing political will in the battle against the world’s top infectious killer, the heads of the World Health Organization and USAID voiced their support for the global fight against tuberculosis last week in a reception during the United Nations General Assembly. Advocates had been...
11 Apr 2017
Scientist at Rutgers University and their collaborators have published an article in Molecular Cell illustrating the three-dimensional structure of the drug target for the drug rifampicin. The abstract for the article is below. TITLE: Structural Basis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transcription and...