Sentences with phrase «improve tuberculosis treatment»

«New drug combinations could significantly improve tuberculosis treatment: Therapies selected using feedback system control may shorten treatment time and combat drug resistance, research shows.»

This innovative method constitutes an important building block for optimal diagnostics and could lead to improved tuberculosis treatment in future.

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Today he directs the Innovations in International Health program at MIT, and his inventions (including an inhalable measles vaccine and a system that monitors tuberculosis treatment) are helping to improve medical access in the developing world.

As part of the long effort to improve treatment of tuberculosis (TB), microbiologists led by Yasu Morita at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that they have for the first time characterized a protein involved in making a glycolipid compound found in the TB cell wall, which is critical for the disease - causing Mycobacterium to become infectious.

The solutions examined were: fighting tuberculosis through drugs and improved case identification; getting cheap drugs that treat acute heart disease to developing countries; combining a malaria prevention package (mosquito nets, DDT spray, etc.) with subsidies on new treatments; expanding immunization and micronutrient coverage for children in developing nations; tobacco taxes in developing nations; and a multiple ‐ intervention approach to preventing and treating H.I.V. / AIDS; making investments in hospitals.