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New ideas in the war against tuberculosis
As tuberculosis strains that are resistant to all known drugs continue to emerge, scientists are trying new approaches to drug development.
Texting for TB: Mobile phones and drug adherence
Text messaging to ensure that TB patients in developing countries take their medication every day is showing promise in trials.
FEATURE | 8 January 2009 | EN
Q&A: Advocating open source drugs
Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.
TB or not TB: The threat of bovine tuberculosis
Bovine tuberculosis is no less dangerous to humans than common TB, but relatively little is known about it, reports Natasha Bolognesi.
Tuberculosis: Facts & figures
Priya Shetty looks at the prevalence and distribution of tuberculosis in the developing world, outlining the truths — and myths — about this disease.
FEATURE | 27 June 2007 | EN
Resistance spreads: malaria in South-East Asia
Jill McGivering and Ed Cropley report on how fake drugs and poor education increase resistance to antimalarials in South-East Asia.
Power struggles and the fight against TB and HIV
The division between global programmes to fight TB and HIV is undermining the fight against the two diseases — but there are signs of change, reports Apoorva Mandavilli.
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