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Trinity College Dublin
Published: July 7, 2023, 11:24 p.m.·
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Vaccines,
Scientific research
BCG is a live bacterial vaccine, of limited effectiveness for tuberculosis, but it's the only one we've got. However, scientists in the TB Immunology group at Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital have provided fresh insights into the behaviour of a crucial cell in vaccine mechanisms, which may offer a fresh target for scientists seeking to improve vaccine efficacy.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 9:02 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the biggest infectious killers in the world. Multiple drug resistant (MDR) TB has become a global health emergency, an emerging European crisis, and an important Irish public health concern. Many challenges remain in the global fight against this disease including a clinical need for effective treatments against MDR-TB.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: June 1, 2021, 10:56 p.m.·
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Correctional facilities
Investigators from Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, St James’s Hospital, and the Department of Public Health HSE East believe tuberculosis (TB) care in Irish Prisons should be supported, considering the findings of their study which is published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: April 14, 2021, 8:44 p.m.·
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Pediatrics,
Scientific research
The immune response to tuberculosis (TB) differs in adults and newborn babies due to the way immune cells use energy to kick into gear in a bid to kill the bacteria. This fresh discovery – just published in leading journal, Frontiers in Immunology – offers hope for improving treatments for what remains a deadly disease.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: March 23, 2021, 2:41 p.m.·
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Treatment
Although TB killed nearly as many people as COVID-19 (approx. 1.8 million) in 2020, it did not receive as much media and public attention. The pandemic has proven that transmissible infection is indeed a global issue. TB remains a serious public health concern in Ireland, particularly with the presence of multi-drug resistant types and the numbers of complex cases here continuing to rise, with cases numbering over 300 annually.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: May 13, 2020, 12:03 a.m.·
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Scientific research
Although COVID-19 commands the headlines today, tuberculosis (TB) remains the biggest infection killer in the world and multiple drug resistant TB, which does not respond to regular antibiotics, continues to be a major threat to global health.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 9:49 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered both how TB puts the brakes on our immune engines and how we can kick-start those engines back into gear -- providing hope that improved treatment options could soon be on the horizon.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 10:04 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered how lung cell exhaustion affects a patient’s ability to fight diseases.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: June 14, 2018, 8:13 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital, Dublin, have discovered how vitamin A drives the lung immune system to deal with tuberculosis (TB). The findings have just been published in a top respiratory journal, the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
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Trinity College Dublin
Published: Aug. 25, 2017, 1:34 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Scientists have unlocked a key element in understanding how human lungs fight tuberculosis (TB). They hope their research findings, which were published in the international peer reviewed journal Immunity, will help pave the way towards new treatment approaches for TB, particularly in an era of increasing antibiotic resistance to TB.
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