Coming Soon, Cure to Drug-resistant Tuberculosis!

A team of scientists have discovered a potential treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis, a form of the disease that cannot be cured with conventional therapies. While standard anti-TB drugs can cure most people of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, improper use of antibiotics has led to new strains of the bacterium resistant to the two most powerful medications, isoniazid and rifampicin. Lead author Vasu Nair from the University of Georgia said ...