Searching for More Effective Tuberculosis Drugs
Posted on February 1, 2009 Comments (1)
In India: A Search for More Effective Tuberculosis Drugs
To create their new compound, Gokhale and his colleagues exploited an evolutionary quirk in the way Mycobacterium tuberculosis builds the lipid layer that coats its surface. Unlike other organisms, M. tuberculosis displays a suite of complex lipids on its outer membrane. Some scientists have suggested that these long lipid molecules contribute to the bacteria’s ability to maintain long-term infections by confusing the host’s immune system.
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Categories: Antibiotics, Health Care, Students
Tags: appropriate technology, bacteria, drugs, HHMI, India, tb
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February 2nd, 2009 @ 8:25 am
The problem of tuberculosis is one of the biggest problem in our country. I leave in Russia – Vladivostok. And i should say that we have something like 5 persent of people who have this trouble. I am working in a company that helps this people and we are doing everything to make them feel more better.