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Important advance in TB treatment

South African researchers publish trial results in world’s leading medical journal

South African and American researchers have published the results of a successful drug trial to treat TB bacteria (pictured). Photo: NIAID via Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license).

South African and American researchers have published the results of a clinical trial in the New England Journal of Medicine.
We now have a new effective six-month regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The study has global benefits, but trials like this may become increasingly rare since the US government slashed the budget of the institution that funded it.

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