Mycobacteria Metabolism Discovery May Pave Way For New Tb Drugs (IMAGE)

University of Otago

Mycobacteria Metabolism Discovery May Pave Way For New Tb Drugs

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Professor Greg Cook and Dr Chris Greening (picturerd) are among an international team unravelling the mystery of why mycobacteria -- a family that includes the microbe that causes -- are extraordinarily hardy organisms. The teams' findings about how mycobacteria generate their energy in oxygen-starved conditions offers new hope for developing a revolutionary class of antibiotics to tackle TB.

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Sharron Bennett

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