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Researchers Unveil 'Blueprint' To Guide Next Steps In TB Vaccine Development
"On Tuesday, a global alliance of researchers and scientists -- led by the Stop TB Partnership, an umbrella group of health groups -- unveiled a 'blueprint' to develop a new vaccine [against tuberculosis (TB)] that aims to disrupt transmission in hard-hit countries and communities," the Wall Street Journal reports. "The blueprint calls for the groups to work together to test new vaccine candidates, and to coordinate fundraising for expansive and expensive human trials, representing the first comprehensive plan of the sort," the news service writes (Wonacott, 3/20).
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