New Vaccine Shows Promise as Stronger Weapon Against Both Tuberculosis and Leprosy
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
A variant of the century-old vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guerin is superior to BCG in protecting against tuberculosis in animal models, and also cross protects against leprosy. Boosting that variant with a protein found in both TB and leprosy provides considerably stronger protection against leprosy.