Health Desk-30 Oct
2019: A vaccine which could "revolutionise" tuberculosis
treatment has been unveiled by researchers.
It is hoped the vaccine will provide long-term protection
against the disease, which kills 1.5 million people around the world each year.
The highly contagious disease is caused by bacteria, and the
current vaccine, the BCG jab, is not very effective.
However, while initial trials have proved successful, the
vaccine is still a few years away from being licensed.
The team of researchers, who come from all over the world,
revealed the vaccine, which is made up of proteins from bacteria which trigger
an immune response, during a global summit on lung health in the southern Indian
city of Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Courtesy: BBC Health
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