RESEARCHERS DEVELOP CURE FOR DRUG-RESISTENT TB FROM ANTI-FUNGAL MEDICINE
April 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIEA UNIVERSITY of Manchester study has found that the active ingredient in many common anti-fungal drugs is effective in killing the tuberculosis bacteria, a discovery that could result in significantly reducing the number of deaths from standard TB and tackling emerging drug-resistant strains of the deadly disease.Its scientists have discovered that the TB bacteria contains several P450 enzymes found commonly in fungus but very unusual for them to be present in bacteria. Armed with this knowledge, researchers have managed in laboratory tests to kill ...
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