Early TB gene test developed
Friday June 22nd, 2018
An international research team has found a potential test to predict
active tuberculosis in advance of symptoms developing.
The gene signature blood test was developed by Professor Anne O'Garra
and colleagues at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, and experts
at BIOASTER in Lyon, France and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
The research was published in Nature Communications yesterday. It involved
following 108 close contacts of 53 tuberculosis patients in Leicester,
UK, for two years.
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Hope for treatment of adenocarcinoma of the lung
Friday June 22nd, 2018
Scientists have reported promising results from an established anti-cancer
drug for adenocarcinoma of the lung with a specific mutant gene. More
