Pitt-led researchers create quick, simple fluorescent detector for TB
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed an onsite method to quickly diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and expose the deadly drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can mingle undetected with treatable strains. The researchers engineered bacteriophages - tiny viruses that attack bacteria - to inject TB bacteria with a glowing, fluorescent-green protein. They report their findings in the 19 March edition of PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed online journal from the Public Library of Science...
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