"Monkey wrench" molecule jams tuberculosis protein

Monday, August 7, 2017 - 07:32 in Health & Medicine

Tuberculosis has now surpassed HIV worldwide as the leading cause of death due to infectious disease. The bacteria that causes this disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is quickly developing resistance to currently available antibiotics, increasing the urgency for discovery of new drugs.

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