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BD India launches rapid molecular technique for detecting multidrug-resist
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): To enable clinicians to rapidly test for TB and multidrug resistance as a first-line test, BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD Lifesciences (Becton, Dickinson, and Company), today introduced the BD MAX molecular diagnostic system and availability of t
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Researchers find new effective therapeutic approaches to treat tuberculosi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): The leading infectious disease around the world, tuberculosis, which affects around 25% of the world's population, is still caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug-resistant strains have made it difficult to treat infections, but professor Helen Zgurskaya
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Diabetes triggers risk of Tuberculosis and vice-versa, says NIH Scientist
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The National Institutes of Health confirmed that diabetes and tuberculosis can both trigger the occurrence of the other. Citing the presence of a stress-induced process, NIH Scientist and Scientific Director(ICER), Dr Subash Babu on Thursday said that diabet
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BD-India launches SANKALP - A Catalytic Effort to support the goal of elim
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rewari (Haryana) [India], July 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): To support the goal of eliminating Tuberculosis elimination in India by 2025, Becton Dickinson (BD) India has launched SANKALP - a 'Pledge to Fight TB Together'.
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Reverse Zoonosis is possible in transmission of Tuberculosis: ICMR-NIRT
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 5 (ANI): Researchers at Tamil Nadu's National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) found instances of reverse zoonosis (human-to-animal and animal-to-human) in the transmission of tuberculosis (TB).<
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Research institute plans to study whether BCG vaccine booster dose can red
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The country's apex tuberculosis (TB) research institute has planned a study to assess whether a booster dose of the Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine can reduce the burden of Tuberculosis (TB), a highly infectious disease that primarily affects the lun
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Tuberculosis treatment duration to be reduced soon as ICMR-NIRT initiate r
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 4 (ANI): With an aim to reduce the Tuberculosis burden in the country and eliminate the disease by 2025, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) initiated a new study, informed the officia
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India hands over cargo of tuberculosis medicines to Zimbabwe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], June 8 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, on his visit to Zimbabwe on Wednesday, handed over a consignment of 288 boxes of medicines to treat tuberculosis (TB) to the Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare John Mangwiro.
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Restructured Nikshay portal to be launched shortly to adopt TB patients
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Central Government is planning to launch restructured Nikshay portal shortly to adopt Tuberculosis patients and provide them with a nutritional support system.
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Puducherry Lt Guv takes major decisions to curb tuberculosis in UT
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], May 30 (ANI): Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday decided to conduct a door-to-door survey to screen people suffering from not only tuberculosis but also from other major non-communicable diseases while also looking for post-COVID status.
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India turned crisis into opportunity by augmenting Tuberculosis eliminatio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Lauding the country's healthcare sector, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said India turned a crisis into an opportunity by augmenting Tuberculosis elimination activities.
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Different strains of tuberculosis can attack lungs, finds study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Brunswick (New Jersey) [US], April 17 (ANI): According to a new study, two strains of bacteria causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in a completely different way.
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