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Navigating biomedical compliance: Is your equipment a risk?
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (837+ words) Regulations and compliance are generally complex subjects. However, they exist for a clear reason: to ensure that quality and safety standards are met and to reduce potential risks. This is particularly critical in the biomedical sector, especially when it comes…...
Immune dysfunction persists after combined TB and HIV therapy
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (443+ words) The immune system remains seriously out-of-whack " in an inflammatory state of overactivation and impaired functionality " following the international gold standard for treating people with latent tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, a team at Texas Biomedical Research Institute reports'in'Nature Communications. "The good…...
Rapid point-of-care test shows promise for detecting latent tuberculosis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (271+ words) A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Rapid point-of-care test shows promise for detecting latent tuberculosis A…...
New clinical trial shows promise for shorter TB treatment
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (355+ words) New clinical trial results presented by TB Alliance at the Union World Conference on Lung Health show that the novel antibiotic candidate sorfequiline (TBAJ-876), a next-generation diarylquinoline, has the potential to improve tuberculosis (TB) treatment when combined with pretomanid and…...
New typhoid conjugate vaccine shows safety and strong immune response in Africa
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1190+ words) PATH and EuBiologics Co., LTD are pleased to announce Phase 3 results from a clinical trial of a typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), EuTYPH-C Inj." Multi-dose. EuTYPH-C Inj." New typhoid conjugate vaccine shows safety and strong immune response in Africa PATH and…...
Common antibiotic can improve survival and neurological outcomes in CNS-TB
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (234+ words) While TB is generally associated with pulmonary TB which affects the lungs, CNS-TB is a more severe form of TB that affects the brain and spinal cords and occurs more commonly among children and the immunocompromised. To investigate targeted treatment,…...
Study finds up to 5% of Americans carry genetic mutations linked to increased cancer susceptibility
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (380+ words) New Cleveland Clinic research reveals that up to 5% of Americans " approximately 17 million people " carry genetic mutations or "variants" linked to increased cancer susceptibility, regardless of risk factors like personal or family cancer history. Study finds up to 5% of Americans carry…...
WHO congratulates Fiji on eliminating trachoma as a public health threat
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (308+ words) In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, no longer…...
Genomic study reveals colonial and Indigenous contributions to modern South Africans
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (385+ words) "We have historical records of the names of men and women that were brought into Cape Town, but we don't always know who survived, or who was allowed to actually reproduce, which is why the genetics is so powerful here,…...
New NIH grant supports development of experimental pediatric HIV vaccine
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (548+ words) A multi-institutional team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has been awarded a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for advanced preclinical development of a promising experimental…...