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Stories about: TB vaccine

Researchers Create New Anti-TB Vaccine Doctors and geneticists took a huge step forward recently, with the creation of a new anti-tuberculosis (TB) vaccine that proved to be much more effective in clinical trials than the standard BCG medication currently being used. The new drug uses a weak form of a TB strain that appeared 75 years ago. The strain is st... 20 October 2008 09:16 GMT