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Trials underway for 'essential' new TB vaccine
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-07/wt-tuf072507....
Submitted by murali 16 months, 2 days, 11 hours ago
Clinical trials are underway with the first new vaccine against TB in over 80 years. If successful, the tests will have major implications for TB control and could lead to the development of a new vaccine ready to use within eight years. The need to control TB has become more urgent with the resurgence of the disease in many parts of the world, including a 10% rise in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the emergence of multi-drug resistant strains. TB, which is caused by the M. tuberculo
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