New Approach May Help Fight Tuberculosis

It's a deadly disease that is hitting epidemic proportions.The World Health Organization says at least eight million new active cases of tuberculosis surface each year. One-third of the world's population is infected with TB and every second, another person is newly infected. The current TB vaccine is not effective in fighting TB in the lungs, but now, a VUMC research team has developed a new "very promising" approach to defeat the disease. Barb Cramer has the story.

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Excellent

[gadionson1]

good lessons about Tb... nice one...

[valdermonde]

@fobsta213 4 different types of drugs with a total of 10 pills a day if TB is not drug resisted. If so, u will need more pills and different types of drugs.

[2012Wordsmith]

modified bcg vaccine ? where do you get it?

[BusyBee4U]

BCG!! (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) the new one is named: Modified BCG

[red18warrior]

what is that vaccine's name??

[uchihapeinangel]

Its nothing of what you might think, trust me...

[mmorales09]

ok im goin to the doc.

[fobsta213]

4drugs?!?! i know a guy who takes over 12pills!!