Insight: Revived search for a TB vaccine may be about to pay off

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Insight: Revived search for a TB vaccine may be about to pay off

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-revived-search-tb-vaccine-may-pay-off-103208398--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jKD.bfyyTIiWuxYJhiCQvw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-01T184904Z_1_CBRE9101G9V00_RTROPTP_2_TB-VACCINES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A research nurse gives an infant a check-up as part of a clinical trial to develop new TB vaccines at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative’s clinical trial field site in Worcester" align="left" title="A research nurse gives an infant a check-up as part of a clinical trial to develop new TB vaccines at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative’s clinical trial field site in Worcester" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - After nearly 100 years, researchers could be on the verge of finding a vaccine that would eradicate tuberculosis infections, a scourge that kills 1.4 million people a year. Global health experts are eagerly awaiting clinical trial results, expected early next week, of the first new vaccine in 90 years designed to prevent tuberculosis infections. While it might not prove effective, it will bring scientists much closer to creating a new generation of TB vaccines. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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