Better vaccines for tuberculosis could save millions of lives

Posted August 28th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

Cases of one of the world's deadliest diseases -- tuberculosis -- are rising at an alarming rate, despite widespread vaccination. Reasons for the ineffectiveness of the vaccine, especially in regions where this infectious disease is endemic, as well as arguments for replacing the existing vaccine with novel synthetic vaccines, are now being presented.

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