Tuberculosis

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar today chaired the brainstorming session on Strategies for Ending TB by 2025. Reiterating Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s commitment to eliminate TB in…
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The fight against Tuberculosis (TB) could soon get sharper. Researchers at the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) have got new insight into the molecular mechanism of the TB bacterium which helps it evade…
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Patents over modern drugs that cure tuberculosis are one of the major hindrances towards access to acute treatment. With TB being a leader in worldwide deaths caused by infectious diseases, especially in countries like India and South…
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The tribal population in India has a substantially higher prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) than the general population due to poor nutrition levels, smoking, and alcohol consumption, a recent study has revealed. Tribal groups,…
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The fight against Tuberculosis (TB) could be in for a major boost, with a team of researchers drawn from several Indian institutions developing a new diagnostic technique that promises to be easier, better and  more affordable. TB is…
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Marine Biotechnology Division of National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has discovered a potential anti-TB agent to fight against tuberculosis (TB) by successfully isolating the biomolecules of pharmacological importance from a…
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TB-care and treatment are the worst-hit sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments have failed to attend to the serious concerns raised by TB advocates amidst pandemic. “TB advocacy needs the help of academic scholars and lawyers to…
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The Department of Biotechnology’s autonomous institute, the National Institute of Immunology (NII) along with International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi is organizing a specialized symposium on…
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Tuberculosis kills. When it doesn’t, its effect stays for what is a lifetime. To make things worse, the current approach for treating TB consumes a lot of time. This puts pressure on TB control programmes. Here are some figures from World…
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Dr Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, third time elected MP to the 17th Lok Sabha from Ahmedabad (west) constituency, Gujarat, shares with Delhi Post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a new India, and his views on various social and…
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