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Colorado State University
Published: May 10, 2014, 3:33 p.m.·
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Diagnostics,
Scientific research
FORT COLLINS - Tuberculosis researchers at Colorado State University have landed a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a diagnostic breath test with potential to revolutionize TB testing and to better control the globally devastating infectious disease.
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Colorado State University
Published: March 12, 2014, 9:15 p.m.·
Tags:
Scientific research,
Drug-resistant TB
FORT COLLINS - Research at Colorado State University reveals that even the most intractable cases of tuberculosis might be effectively battled with a new drug cocktail combining conventional antibiotics and nontoxic compounds that mimic those found in some sea sponges.
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By
Colorado State University
Published: Feb. 20, 2012, 11:33 p.m.·
Tags:
None
After three decades of searching, the random screening of a group of compounds against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has led scientists to a eureka discovery that breaks through the fortress that protects the bacterium and allows it to survive and persist against treatments.
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