New TB Test Means Quicker And Easier Diagnosis For Patients Date: March 11, 2008 Source: Imperial College London Summary: A new blood test could enable doctors to rule out tuberculosis infection ...

A new test for diagnosing TB offers a quick and simple alternative to existing three-day methods, according to research published today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study shows ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...

Scientists have developed a new fluorescent probe that can be used to quickly detect tuberculosis bacteria from a sputum sample -- using just a homemade LED box and a camera phone. Nature News reports ...

HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Md. & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its QuantiFERON tuberculosis (TB) testing solution has ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Health will begin implementing its new tuberculosis, or TB, procedures on March 19, following the recommendations of several health organizations.

Manager and NRF-rated researcher: Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - University of Pretoria and UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP-ISMC), University of Pretoria Yvette Naudé does not ...

A urine test for tuberculosis could make it much easier to identify the disease and treat it before it kills. There were more than 10 million new TB infections in 2016, and the condition killed 1.7 ...

A sensitive new test for bovine tuberculosis could replace today’s century-old version — a development that could help to control a disease that takes a major toll on livestock and public health.