Cleverly designed tuberculosis vaccine shows promise in mice

(American Society for Microbiology) A clever new tuberculosis vaccine has shown promise in trials in mice. If it succeeds, it will be the first new TB vaccine in a century. With the rise of multidrug resistant tuberculosis, the difficulty of curing the disease, and the large annual death toll, a successful vaccine could be a huge benefit to public health -- especially in low- and middle income countries.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/asfm-cdt011217.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 13, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news