Century-old vaccine protects type 1 diabetics from ... - ScienceDaily
May 23, 2024 · In new research, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, originally developed to prevent tuberculosis,...
Further hope for BCG vaccine in stemming type 1 diabetes
BOSTON – At the recent 2021 Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) presented positive updates on their trials of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine to safely and significantly lower blood sugars.
Century-old Vaccine Protects Type 1 Diabetics from Infectious …
BOSTON– In new research investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, originally developed to prevent tuberculosis, protects individuals with type 1 diabetes from severe COVID-19 disease and other infectious diseases.
Multiple Shots of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine …
BOSTON – Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), published a new paper in Cell Reports Medicine demonstrating the protective potential of multiple doses of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
100-year-old BCG vaccine protects individuals with type 1 …
May 22, 2024 · In new research, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, originally developed to prevent tuberculosis,...
An Old TB Vaccine Might Help Stave Off Diabetes, Cancer …
Jan 19, 2023 · The bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine against tuberculosis—or simply BCG—is the oldest vaccine in the world that is still currently in use. Millions of infants in Africa and Asia receive the...
A repurposed TB vaccine shows early promise against ... - Science News
Jun 2, 2021 · Around the world, volunteers are getting a vaccine developed to prevent tuberculosis in studies that have nothing to do with TB. Called Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, the shot is being...
Government confirms arrival of TB, BCG vaccines
4 days ago · 486,000 doses of Rotavirus vaccine, 2.3 million doses of Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine and 1.2 million doses of Pentavalent vaccine. Furthermore, 960,000 doses of the oral polio vaccine are ...
Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccine to Protect against Covid-19 in …
Apr 26, 2023 · The bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine has immunomodulatory “off-target” effects that have been hypothesized to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
CLARIFICATION: BCG Vaccine May Lead to Long-Term ... - Endocrine News
Three years after receiving two administrations of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine four weeks apart, all members of a small group of adults with longstanding type 1 diabetes showed an improvement in HbA1c to near normal levels – improvement that persisted for the following five years.