Cleverly designed tuberculosis vaccine shows promise in mice

Friday, January 13, 2017 - 17:01 in Health & Medicine

A clever new tuberculosis vaccine has shown promise in trials in mice. If it succeeds, it will be the first new TB vaccine in a century. With the rise of multidrug resistant tuberculosis, the difficulty of curing the disease, and the large annual death toll, a successful vaccine could be a huge benefit to public health -- especially in low- and middle income countries.

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