A prior phase II trial had shown that BCG revaccination in teens led to 45.4% efficacy in reversion from positive to negative QFT compared with placebo, substantially more than seen with an ...

Turning thet tide against tuberculosis . As the world's deadliest infectious disease surges, GSK and partners are pioneering ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) revaccination is not efficacious for preventing sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune ...

BCG (Bacillus Calmette - Guerin) vaccine is made from a treated (attenuated) live strain of bacterium derived from Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium which typically causes tuberculosis (TB ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

The head of Pasteur Institute of Iran (PII) announced the export of more than 700,000 doses of the BCG vaccine to the ...