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A new way to give an old TB vaccine proves highly effective in monkeys

  • Written by JoAnne L. Flynn, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
A new way to give an old TB vaccine proves highly effective in monkeysChest x-ray of a person with TB infection in both the right and left lungs. Schira/Shutterstock.com

What if you could make the tuberculosis vaccine much more powerful, not by altering the ingredients, but just by changing the way it is given to people? It would help prevent the infection that kills more people every year than any other microbe.

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