January 2021

In Uncategorized Posted January 25, 2021

HIV & TB: An R&D tale of two vaccines

27 January IAS (International AIDS Society) and TBVI are co-chairing a virtual satellite ‘HIV & TB: An R&D tale of two vaccines’. This virtual satellite will examine lessons learned from [...]

By Marit Holleman

In Uncategorized Posted January 20, 2021

Two publications with promising results about alternative routes of TB vaccine administration

To fight tuberculosis, better vaccination strategies are needed. Two recent publications demonstrate the positive effects of alternative mucosal routes of administration on the ensuing innate and [...]

By Cora Agterdenbosch

In Uncategorized Posted January 11, 2021

Global Roadmap for Research and Development for TB vaccines

The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (aighd) is posting the Global Roadmap for R&D for TB vaccines (roadmap) that they have been developing with key stakeholders ( [...]

By Marit Holleman

In Uncategorized Posted January 5, 2021

Publication: “MTBVAC vaccination protects rhesus macaques against aerosol challenge with M. tuberculosis and induces immune signatures analogous to those observed in clinical studies”

Nature published the outcome of a study that demonstrated that a single intradermal vaccination with MTBVAC given to adult rhesus macaques was well tolerated and conferred a significant [...]