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Tuberculosis becoming resistant to drugs

Drug resistance is now a problem in the treatment of tuberculosis. The increase in number of drug resistant illnesses is now comparable to that posed by global warming. Prof. Sally Davies says that the bacteria are now becoming resistant to new drugs and that there are very few antibiotics to replace the resistant drugs

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New trials bring hope of new Tuberculosis therapy

Early trials have recently indicated that there could be a new therapy for tuberculosis around the corner which could be very effective. The treatment is made up of a combination of three different drugs and has been shown to kill all but one percent of tuberculosis bacteria after the treatment has been followed for just [...]

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