Scientists unravel how the BCG vaccine leads to the destruction of bladder cancer cells
The BCG vaccine was first used against TB in the ... showed that macrophages are heavily recruited to the tumor site upon BCG ...
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BCG Vaccination and Leprosy Protection: Review of Current Evidence and Status of BCG in Leprosy Control
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 ...
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New, Safer, TB Vaccine with BCG “Kill Switch” Protects Mice and Monkeys
Researchers headed by a team at Pitt University, in collaboration with scientists at Cornell University, have developed a self-destructing, intravenous (i.v.) Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG ...
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Interpretation of Repeat Tuberculin Skin Testing in International Adoptees: Conversions or Boosting
had a draining and/or inflamed BCG vaccination site, or had completed a TST or received live-vaccine administration within the preceding 6 weeks as documented in the written record or reported by ...
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Pfizer's bladder cancer therapy meets main goal in late-stage study
In the study, patients were randomly chosen to receive a 300 milligram dose of sasanlimab as an under-the-skin injection in combination with the BCG vaccine, or just the BCG vaccine alone.
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Self-destructing vaccine offers safer TB protection in monkeys
the updated self-destructing BCG vaccine caused an even stronger immune response and better protection against TB than a standard IV BCG injection. None of the monkeys that received the updated ...