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Nature’s Breakthrough: BPD-9 Targets Tuberculosis with Revolutionary Effectiveness

Recent advancements in medical research have unveiled a promising new compound called BPD-9, derived from the natural antimicrobial agent sanguinarine. This semi-synthetic compound has shown remarkable effectiveness against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), including strains resistant to conventional treatments. This discovery could pave the way for more effective tuberculosis (TB) therapies, a pressing public health concern… Read More »

Artificial Intelligence vs. Tuberculosis – Part 2

By SAURABH JHA, MD This is the part two of a three-part series. Catch up on Part One here. Clever Hans Preetham Srinivas, the head of the chest radiograph project in Qure.ai, summoned Bhargava Reddy, Manoj Tadepalli, and Tarun Raj to the meeting room. “Get ready for an all-nighter, boys,” said Preetham. Qure’s scientists began… Read More »

Experimental tuberculosis vaccine could save millions of lives

By Sam Wong Samples of lung fluid are used to diagnose tuberculosisANDY CRUMP, TDR, WHO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is partially effective at preventing a dormant infection from progressing to active disease. If the results hold up in larger trials, the treatment could save millions of lives. TB is one of the… Read More »

Tuberculosis Detection May Be Affected by Blood Draw Method

January 10, 2019 Share this content: Overall, QuantiFERON Gold and direct in-tube methods had the highest agreements. Healthcare workers participating in annual tuberculosis screening had differences in interferon (IFN)-γ level depending on blood draw methods, according to study results published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Whole blood samples from healthcare workers in… Read More »