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Image shows macrophages (red), a type of white blood cell, infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (green and blue). Photo credit: Dr. Helene Botella, an instructor in microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Weakening Tuberculosis Bacteria’s Defenses May Speed Treatment and Thwart Drug Resistance

August 13, 2018

By sabotaging one of the tuberculosis bacterium’s defenses against antibiotics, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators may have found a way to accelerate treatment for the disease and possibly overcome growing resistance to existing therapies.  

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Dr. Dirk Schnappinger, Patient Care, Research, News from WCM, Microbiology and Immunology

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