Tag Archives: TB
New paper: Review on NSAIDS for TB
Lengthy, antimicrobial therapy targeting the pathogen is the mainstay of conventional tuberculosis treatment, complicated by emerging drug resistances. We have been working on Host-directed therapies, mainly in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), since 2010. In collaboration with our colleagues from the … Continue reading
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Tagged antiTB, Host-Directed Therapies, TB, treatment, Tuberculosis
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Specialization Course in Clinical TB Management
A new edition of the Specialization Course in Clinical TB Management will be soon launched in the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). Coordinated by Pr. Pere-Joan Cardona, and counting with Dr. Vilaplana as professor, this online course is open to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardona, students, TB, Tuberculosis, University, UOC, Vilaplana
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We wish you all happy season’s holidays – and a healthy, fruitful 2017!
2016 is about to come to its end, and before going on season’s holidays, we would like to share with all of you our achievements. This year, we have worked a lot, but also achieved a lot! We had 2 … Continue reading
Successful start of our 2 new trials in Tbilisi, Georgia
We spent last tweek in Tbilisi, Georgia, to prepare the start of our 2 new CT to evaluate hostdirected therapies: ibuprofen and the nutraceutical Nyaditum resae. A pilot CT will evaluate ibuprofen as coadjuvant treatment for Pre-XDR and XDR-TB; and … Continue reading
Do you like to draw or paint? Do it for tuberculosis!
The fuiTB Foundation has organized an art competition to raise funds for their activities against tuberculosis. We are participating, and we’d like you to participate too! Popular voting and 3 awards. The only thing you have to do is to … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, award, competition, drawing, latent tuberculosis, M.tuberculosis, painting, sketching, TB, Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental
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806 Thanks to our friends from Súria!
The first fundraising event to help us to continue our research was held on the past 11th June 2016 by our friends from Súria, who organized a dance party in the restaurant “Brasseria La Pobla” with a great attendance success. … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, fundraising, Germans Trias i Pujol, GTRecerca, Research, TB, Tuberculosis, UTE
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TBEmpúries Conference- now that is ended
Now that our Conference in Empúries is ended, we would like to thank all the speakers, attendees, sponsors (ClinCapture/S4 Research, Manremyc SL, Noel Alimentaria, Doctoralia) and supporters (SEPAR, TBVI, UITB, CIBERES) involved. We are aware this type of conferences are … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, ciberes, clincapture/S4 Research, conference, doctoralia, h2020, M.tuberculosis, Manremyc, Research, separ, symposium, TB, tbvac2020, TBVI, Tuberculosis, uitb, Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental, UTE
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A next step in the Host-Directed Therapies field
We are happy to announce that we are going to conduct a pilot clinical trial in the NCTLD in Tbilisi, Georgia to evaluate the potential benefit and safety of ibuprofen as coadjuvant in the treatment of XDR-TB cases. The study … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinical Trial, HDT, HDT-NET, Host-Directed Therapies, M.tuberculosis, Research, TB, Tuberculosis, UTE, Vilaplana
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A new grant from the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
The Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) has granted a project leaded by Dr. Vilaplana to study the lesions from TB patients undergoing therapeutical surgery in the National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NCTLD) in Tbilisi, Georgia. … Continue reading
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Tagged biomarkers, georgia, grant, Research, TB, therapeutical surgery, Tuberculosis, UTE, Vilaplana
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Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental 