A new TB vaccine is within reach – Prof. Helen McShane

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 07:30 in Health & Medicine

Nearly 100 years ago scientists developed a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB). Today, there are 10 million new cases worldwide and 1.6 million deaths from the disease every year. Increasingly, these cases are becoming difficult to treat as the bug that causes the disease can be resistant to antibiotics. However, several new TB vaccines are under development and […]

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