by Nadine A Yehya, UC Davis BCG treats HCC and extends the survival time of HCC mice. A) The diagram of the experimental procedure for BCG treatment. Plasmids myr-AKT1 and NRasV12 (AKT and RAS) were transfected into the livers on day 0 (D0) using hydrodynamic injection. BCG (or PBS) was subcutaneously injected on day 10 (D10)....
by University of Pittsburgh Worldwide, more people die from tuberculosis (TB) than any other infectious disease, even though the vast majority were vaccinated. The vaccine just isn’t that reliable. But a new Naturestudy finds that simply changing the way the vaccine is administered could dramatically boost its protective power. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh...
(HealthDay)—Tuberculosis remains the most lethal of infectious diseases worldwide, killing more than 1.6 million people a year. But researchers say a new vaccine might prevent half of full-blown illnesses in infected people who receive the shot. “We found that the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis was significantly lower” for people who got the experimental vaccine, called M72/AS01, than for people...
