CD8+ T cells help control infection and aid in the development of an improved tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, revealed Dr. Lewinsohn's research interest is in Tuberculosis Immunology.
Dr. Lewinsohn is a professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, vice chair for research in the Department of Medicine, and is director of the OHSU Center for Global Child Health Research, Department of Pediatrics at Oregon Health & Sciences University. He also holds adjunct appointments in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology as well as the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute.
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‘Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, primarily affects the lung. It may spread to other organs.’
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This work has resulted in the creation of a small OHSU startup, ViTi, that he manages with Deborah Lewinsohn. ViTi was created to take the work in the lab, and to develop improved diagnostics for TB. Dr. Lewinsohn has collaborated with the CDC, the TB Research Unit (TBRU), the Kwazulu-Natal Research Institute for HIV and TB, the South African TB Vaccine Initiative, the AERAS Global Vaccine Foundation, Oxford University and UCSF. Dr. Lewinsohn was the co-chair of the ATS/CDC/IDSA committee to develop new guidelines for the diagnosis of infection with Mtb.
Dr. Lewinsohn's research has been supported by the ALA, the NIH, the Aeras Global Vaccine Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the VA. Dr. Lewinsohn has worked closely with the StopTB Partnership, is currently the chair of the Vaccines Working group, has represented the New Tools working groups for the past three years on the BOD, and is on the executive committee.
Source: Newswise
Source: Newswise
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a globally serious infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It occurs as multidrug-resistant or MDR TB or in its more severe form, extensively drug-resistant or XDR TB.
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Tuberculosis began to decline with the invention of the tuberculosis vaccine. Statistics show that the problem resurfaced with the HIV epidemic and the current crisis of drug resistant tuberculosis.
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