Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Medicinal toothbrush tree yields antibiotic to treat TB in new way

Norwich UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2013



A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way. Tuberculosis causes more deaths worldwide than any other bacterial disease. At the same time as rates are increasing, resistance strains are emerging due, in part, to non-compliance with the treatment required. Many current drugs are nearly 50 years old and alternatives are .....