A decades-old TB vaccine turned cancer therapy may unlock new immunotherapies by reprogramming immune cell development in the ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first ...

Sustained tuberculosis infection rates among adolescents were not lower following BCG revaccination vs placebo.

Here’s a look at Tuberculosis (also known as TB), an infection, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that usually affects the lungs. It can also infect other parts of the body ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...

The Therapeutic BCG Vaccine Market offers growth opportunities through expanding applications beyond TB prevention, including bladder cancer and autoimmune diseases. Advances in biotechnology, ...

The WHO recommends vaccination against 12 deadly diseases in childhood, but how long does protection last, and how do they work? Vaccines completely revolutionized public health when they were first ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first ...

Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating form of dementia, affects millions of people around the world. It slowly takes away memory ...