10-cent TB test is 95% accurate

A new test detects tuberculosis in 10 to 20 minutes with 95% to 99% accuracy and only costs a dime, a lot less money than today's most accurate test.

Layne Cameron-Michigan State • futurity
Aug. 28, 2019 • ~4 min

Harvard undergrad Michael Chen works at the corner of med and tech

Undergraduate Michael Chen, who created an extraordinary program to help treat TB, also works with a student program to treat ordinary patients.

Jill Radsken • harvard
Aug. 9, 2019 • ~5 min

Can scorpion venom compounds fight staph and TB?

"We found that these compounds killed bacteria, but then the question became 'Will it kill you, too?' And the answer is no."

Ker Than-Stanford • futurity
June 11, 2019 • ~6 min

‘Trained’ master cells could improve TB vaccine

Training certain cells "might be one way we can make a more effective vaccine for TB."

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
June 7, 2019 • ~7 min

Compound can reverse T.B. resistance to antibiotic

In the lab, a compound prevents and even reverses resistance to the antibiotic isoniazid, a common treatment for tuberculosis.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
May 9, 2019 • ~6 min

Harvard undergrad’s AI model helps to predict TB resistance

A Harvard undergrad, working with Harvard Medical School scientists, has designed an artificial intelligence model that predicts tuberculosis resistance to 10 most commonly used drugs. The new model outperforms previous machine-learning tools, and incorporating it into clinical tests could dramatically enhance early detection and prompt treatment of drug-resistant TB.

Ekaterina Pesheva • harvard
May 2, 2019 • ~11 min

Harvard undergrad’s AI model predicts TB resistance

A Harvard undergrad, working with Harvard Medical School scientists, has designed an artificial intelligence model that predicts tuberculosis resistance to 10 most commonly used drugs. The new model outperforms previous machine-learning tools, and incorporating it into clinical tests could dramatically enhance early detection and prompt treatment of drug-resistant TB.

Ekaterina Pesheva • harvard
May 2, 2019 • ~11 min

Machine learning flags patients at risk of TB comeback

New diagnostic tools could better identify which patients with tuberculosis are at the highest risk of reactivation of the disease.

Mandira Banerjee-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 15, 2019 • ~3 min

Going to and from South Asia? Get a T.B. test

South Asian immigrants in the US who frequently travel to countries where tuberculosis is widespread should get tested, say researchers.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Jan. 31, 2019 • ~3 min

You might be predisposed to T.B. and not even know it

A gene variant tht predisposes someone to tuberculosis is surprisingly common. You might have it—but that doesn't mean you're going to get sick.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Jan. 4, 2019 • ~6 min

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