Taking a new approach toward tuberculosis therapy, a UCLA-led research team has devised a potential drug regimen that could cut the treatment time by up to 75 percent, while simultaneously reducing the risk that patients could develop drug-resistant TB. To identify the regimen, the researchers launched a systematic search for an optimal drug treatment using… Continue reading A Faster TB Treatment?
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Fighting The “Nightmare Bacteria”
New research could help experts fight the so-called “nightmare bacteria” as well as other superbugs. Scientists from the University of Michigan Medical School say they have discovered more about the risk we face from one of our most dangerous microscopic foes, Klebsiella pneumoniae. They made the discovery in mice with pneumonia. K. pneumoniae has already… Continue reading Fighting The “Nightmare Bacteria”
Glaucoma Drug Appears to Fight TB
A medicine used for glaucoma could also be used to treat tuberculosis – even the drug-resistant kind, research shows. Robert Abramovitch, a Michigan State University microbiologist, along with graduate student Benjamin Johnson, have discovered that ethoxzolamide, a sulfa-based compound found in many prescription glaucoma drugs, actually turns off the bacterium’s ability to invade the immune… Continue reading Glaucoma Drug Appears to Fight TB