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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis published by scientists at University of Barcelona
November 19th, 2008
According to recent research from Barcelona, Spain, "The ability of tuberculosis patients to recognize Mycobacterium vaccae-specific antigens before starting chemotherapy and according to disease severity was analyzed." "We report that the M. vaccae cell wall skeleton fraction triggers more enhanced cytokine production than the whole bacterium," wrote E. Rodriguezguell and colleagues, University of Barcelona. The researchers concluded: "Moreover, a tendency was observed for a lower gamma interferon/interleukin-10 ratio in patients with cavitary disease induced by M. vaccae antigens." Rodriguezguell and colleagues published their...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-19)
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