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+-   Using Old Medications to Defeat Tuberculosis on Friday October 26 2007, @02:39AM TastesLikeCoughSyrup

Submitted by TastesLikeCoughSyrup on Friday October 26 2007, @02:39AM
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TastesLikeCoughSyrup writes "Antibiotic resistant tuberculosis is spreading like wildfire in the developing world. While many researchers are looking for new drugs to combat the disease, those efforts could take years to bear fruit. Meanwhile, two scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have learned how the drug clavulanate can destroy the defenses of tuberculosis, making it vulnerable to medications in the penicillin family. The best part: it has already been approved by the FDA so doctors can start using it immediately."
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