News and Events
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Publication of TANDEM partners in The Lancet
Alongside with other colleagues, TANDEM partners Gerhard Walzl, Stefan Kaufmann, Tom Ottenhoff and Hazel Dockrell published a paper on TB blood biomarkers in The Lancet on March, 23rd 2016 with the title: "A Blood RNA Signature for Tuberculosis Disease Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study". The authors tested the sensitivity and validity of a whole blood tuberculosis risk signature…
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47th Union World Conference on Lung Health, October 2016
TANDEM member Dr. Reinout van Crevel was asked to hold a seminar on this year’s Union World Conference. Dr. van Crevel will seize this opportunity to present the TANDEM project and its progress by giving a talk entitled “The TANDEM Program: Understanding Tuberculosis and Diabetes Through Field Studies and Basic Sciences.” The 2016 Union World Conference on Lung Health will be held in Liverpool…
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TANDEM to be presented at Keystone Symposium in Denver, Colorado (02/28/2016 – 03/03/2016)
Prof. Hazel Dockrell, TANDEM coordinator, will present the TANDEM project at the Keystone Symposium on Tuberculosis 2016. Her presentation “Tuberculosis and Diabetes: Learning in TANDEM” will introduce the audience to the project and its recent achievements. The conference will also include various other talks on the coherence of TB and diabetes mellitus. Thus, the Keystone Symposium will…
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TANDEM members at 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health
The 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health, held on December 2-6 in Cape Town, South Africa, provided the platform for some critical scientific revelations and updates promising to have real impact on patients who live with tuberculosis (TB). During the course of the five-day scientific programme, the TB Alliance announced the availability of the first child-friendly TB medicines, studies on…
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WHO publishes 20th Global Tuberculosis Report
The World Health Organization has published the 20th edition of their Global Tuberculosis Report. In the field of tuberculosis (TB) research, the year 2015 is a cornerstone as it marks the deadline for global tuberculosis targets set in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and signifies the transition to a new era of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). The TB monitoring system…
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Paper on Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant and Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis within Households
TANDEM member David Moore from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, together with some colleagues, recently published a paper on the transmission of multidrug-resistant and drug-susceptible Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) within households. With his group, Mr. Moore examined the development of secondary cases over a 3-year period among 1,055 household contacts of 213 MDR-TB patients and…
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First International Summit on Tuberculosis and Diabetes
In an effort to avert a global health crisis arising from Tuberculosis (TB) and Diabetes (DM) co-morbidity, health officials, leading researchers, advocates, businesses and representatives of the civil society will come together in Bali, Indonesia on 2-3 November 2015 at the world’s first International Summit on Tuberculosis and Diabetes. The summit is hosted by the International Union Against…
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