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March 25, 2009
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Chemistry World
August 15, 2012 |
The latent threat of tuberculosis Although TB was close to being eradicated in the developed world, it is a major problem in developing countries. With drug-resistant strains on the increase, Clare Sansom outlines the latest in the fight against this killer disease |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A Study on Antibiotic Resistance Shows That Bacteria Aren't Just Out To Help Themselves Microbes that are resistant to the drug protect their weaker kin in the colony, HHMI researchers have found. The discovery upends traditional notions of antibiotic resistance and offers a target for new drugs against bacterial infections. |
Chemistry World
January 3, 2013
Andrew Turley |
TB drug milestone for bedaquiline Bedaquiline (sirturo) has become the first drug to be approved in the US for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012
Nancy Ross-Flanigan |
A Safer Shot at TB While trying to understand tuberculosis bacteria genes, researchers discovered a safe way to shut down the bacteria. |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2011
Mike Brown |
Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2006
Joanna Breitstein |
Breath of Hope: TB in Africa For the first time in decades, the pharmaceutical industry has tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline. But it will take more than new pills to solve the problem. |
Chemistry World
March 3, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Sweet-toothed bacteria make their own vaccine With careful feeding, bacteria can produce vaccines against themselves, scientists in the US and China have found. |
Chemistry World
December 15, 2015
Michaela Muehlberg |
Bacterial identification gets a culture shock Scientists in the UK have developed a new tool to distinguish bacterial strains from each other. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2011 |
Filling Front and Center in the Fight against TB Dr. Mel Spigelman, President and CEO of the TB Alliance, discusses the organization's priorities in developing treatments for tuberculosis. |
AboutSafety
September 11, 2001 |
Tuberculosis (TB) TB is a potentially severe contagious disease that is spread from person to person via the air. The TB germs may spray into the air if a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks or sneezes... |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2013
Derek Lowe |
New antibiotics: what's the hold up? Money's a factor that could be adjusted by regulatory agencies, governments, and foundations. But no amount of cash will keep resistant bacteria from being the hard targets they are. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2011 |
The Power of PDP Can cooperative ties between Big Pharma, NGOs, government, and international organizations pay the freight in making the fight against neglected diseases a permanent fix in global health? |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2013
David Bradley |
3D printing bacteria Jason Shear and colleagues at the University of Texas, US, have developed a 3D printing technique that lets them 'construct' defined bacterial communities so that short-range chemical communications and physical interactions between bacteria can be investigated more systematically than ever before. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Thomas Goetz |
The Ultimate Diagnostic Device (By the Way, You've Got Drug-Resistant TB!) The CDC's goal of a tuberculosis-free society grew short due to the development of drug-resistant strains. But new standards for detection are in the works. |
Wired
September 25, 2007 |
Three Smart Things You Should Know About Bacteria The benefits of bacteria. |
Chemistry World
February 13, 2015
Tim Wogan |
GM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels A new scheme for storing the energy from photovoltaic cells, in which genetically modified bacteria reduce carbon dioxide to liquid fuels with hydrogen from water-splitting, has been proposed and partially demonstrated. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
Prachi Patel |
A World-beating TB Detector To quickly and cheaply diagnose the world's worst infectious disease, engineers have shrunk an NMR machine down to size |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2013
Andria Nicodemou |
Bacteria incriminated by their odor Researchers in Taiwan and the US have developed a device that uses the volatile organic compounds released by bacteria to identify the bacteria as they are cultured. |
Bio-IT World
Jul/Aug 2006
Robert M. Frederickson |
Tests for Hospital-Acquired Infections Tests for pathogens increasingly rely on genomic methods that identify specific genetic signatures of bacteria or viruses. Rapid detection of other pathogens also provides the potential for significant impact on the healthcare industry. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2014
Casey McDonald |
Advocacy Beat: Progress in Global Access to TB Drugs Treatment Action Group reaches a milestone in improving access to much-needed treatments for tuberculosis. |
