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.

BCG vaccine—named for its developers—contains inactivated mycobacteria that infect cattle and remains the only vaccination strategy against the infection in humans. Injected into the skin ...

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 ...

You don’t need to have the vaccine to attend colleges in Kansas, but some do require you to get tested for tuberculosis ...

Injected into the skin, it provides only partial protection ... bacterial burden in the lungs of animals who were given the BCG vaccine intravenously compared with the standard intradermal route.

Injected into the skin, it provides only partial protection ... bacterial burden in the lungs of animals who were given the BCG vaccine intravenously compared with the standard intradermal route.

Prof. Ruth Nduati, a Paediatrician and Researcher, emphasises the critical role of BCG vaccine in protecting newborns. BCG, she explains acts as an antigen, teaching the body’s immune system to ...