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Brown University
Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 8:44 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Developed by chemists at Brown University in conjunction with colleagues at MIT and Cornell, the compound could enable a new drug strategy for treating tuberculosis.
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Brown University
Published: Aug. 3, 2015, 1:16 p.m.·
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HIV coinfection,
Scientific research
With $1.45 million over five years from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, a pair of Brown University professors will work with colleagues in Ghana to build the research capacity needed to address the deadly co-epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis.
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Brown University
Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 11:28 p.m.·
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Scientific research
Researchers from Brown and MIT have shown new details about how a promising new class of antibiotics attacks the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. The research could provide a blueprint for developing drugs aimed at fighting TB.
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Brown University
Published: Sept. 20, 2013, 11:01 a.m.·
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None
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis may have an Achilles’ heel: It needs a particular enzyme to survive. Inhibiting that enzyme’s function, researchers have shown, will kill the bacteria, pointing toward a design strategy for new TB drugs.
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