Pain drug can kill resistant tuberculosis: Low cost drug wipes out drug resistant TB, but may not reach patients in need
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
An off-patent anti-inflammatory drug that costs around two cents for a daily dose in developing countries has been found by researchers to kill both replicating and non-replicating drug resistant tuberculosis in the laboratory -- a feat few currently approved TB drugs can do, and resistance to those is spreading.
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