A breakthrough in tuberculosis research

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 04:56 in Health & Medicine

Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis (TB) infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is highly contagious as it is spread through coughing and sneezing. 'It's a global health disaster waiting to happen, even here in Canada, but this new paradigm in TB research may offer an immediate opportunity to improve vaccination and treatment initiatives,' explains Dr Maziar Divangahi of McGill University and of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre...

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