News related to Capastat (Capreomycin) and/or conditions it is approved for
Gates Foundation Awards Grant For Development Of A Database To Accelerate Discovery Of New Therapies Against Tuberculosis
Source: Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today [2008.11.19]
Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD) today announced that it has received a grant for $1,896,923 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a collaborative database that will enable scientists to archive, mine, and selectively collaborate around their research data to discover new cures for tuberculosis (TB). The TB bacillus infects approximately one third of the world's population and the disease kills over 1.5 million people every year.
100,000 Saved From Dying Of Tuberculosis
Source: Aid / Disasters News From Medical News Today [2008.11.15]
Asma Elsony led the tuberculosis programme in Sudan at the same time as she took her doctoral degree under the supervision of Professor Gunnar Bjune of the Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo in Norway. During her doctoral degree studies she became President of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease as the first African and the first President from south of the globe.
Tuberculosis Skin Test (PPD Skin Test)
Source: MedicineNet Tuberculosis Specialty [2008.09.02]
Title: Tuberculosis Skin Test (PPD Skin Test)
Category: Procedures and Tests
Created: 1/13/2004
Last Editorial Review: 9/2/2008
Tuberculosis
Source: MedicineNet Erythema Nodosum Specialty [2008.01.17]
Title: Tuberculosis
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 1/17/2008
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
Source: MedicineNet ICU Psychosis Specialty [2007.05.30]
Title: Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 5/30/2007
Last Editorial Review: 5/30/2007
TB Patient Gets New Windpipe Made With Own Stem Cells
Source: Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today [2008.11.19]
A 30-year old Columbian woman living in Spain whose airway was damaged from tuberculosis is the first person in the world to receive a new airway engineered from tissue that was grown from her own stem cells which means she is likely to have a much better quality of life because she will probably not have to take drugs for the rest of her life to stop her immune system rejecting the tissue.
Interpol Seizes $6.65M In Counterfeit HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB Drugs In Southeast Asia
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today [2008.11.18]
The International Criminal Police Organization recently confiscated $6.65 million worth of counterfeit HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis drugs in Southeast Asia and made 27 arrests as part of a five-month investigation involving nearly 200 raids, Aline Plancon, an officer involved in the operation, said on Monday,
Airway Transplant Shows Potential of Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease [2008.11.18]
BARCELONA (MedPage Today) -- A tissue-engineered airway, using autologous stem cells, has restored lung function and quality of life for a 30-year-old mother of two who suffered from tuberculosis.
Short Antibiotic Course Safer for Latent TB
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease [2008.11.17]
MONTREAL (MedPage Today) -- A short course of rifampin to treat latent tuberculosis had fewer serious side effects than the standard nine months of isoniazid, researchers here said.
Cellular Safety Shelters Allow TB Agent To Survive In Infected Individuals
Source: Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today [2008.11.14]
"Foamy" macrophage formation may be the key to persistence of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, explains a study published November 14 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. These immunity-related cells are shown to be a safety reservoir where the bacterium can hide for years in infected individuals, before inducing an active disease.
XDR-TB Rate Holding Steady After Decline
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease [2008.11.14]
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Better tuberculosis and HIV control has led to a decline in extensively drug-resistant TB in the U.S., according to CDC researchers here.
Global Fund Grants Nearly $3B For HIV/AIDS Efforts
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today [2008.11.12]
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday announced it has approved nearly $3 billion in Round 8 funding to improve access to HIV treatment and prevention and help reduce deaths from TB and malaria by 50% by 2015, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 11/10).
ACAAI: Primary Immunodeficiency Is Surprisingly Common
Source: MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology [2008.11.12]
SEATTLE (MedPage Today) -- Diagnoses of primary immunodeficiency have risen sharply in the past 30 years, making the condition possibly more common in the U.S. than tuberculosis, a researcher said here.
Zimbabwe Returns $7.3M In Misused Grant Money To Global Fund
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today [2008.11.10]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has returned $7.3 million in misused grant money to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Global Fund Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine said Friday, Reuters reports (Williams, Reuters [1], 11/7).The money, which was part of last year's $12.
Malawi Receives $20M Grant To Bolster HIV Treatment, Testing Efforts
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today [2008.11.07]
A senior government official on Wednesday announced that Malawi has received a $20 million grant from the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to expand its HIV/AIDS treatment and testing program, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.
Deadlier And More Mysterious Than Ever: XDR-TB
Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today [2008.11.06]
New research has found that XDR-TB is increasingly common and more deadly than previously known. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a growing public health threat that is only just beginning to be understood by medical and public health officials.
Global Fund Says Zimbabwe Misused Grant, Requests Return Of Money
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today [2008.11.04]
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has said that Zimbabwe misused $7.3 million of last year's $12.3 million grant, and Global Fund officials have asked Zimbabwe to return the money, the New York Times reports (Dugger, New York Times, 11/3).
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