A promising new drug is being developed with a natural product secreted by a soil bacterium to treat tuberculosis. A team of scientists working in Switzerland has shown how pyridomycin, a natural antibiotic produced by the bacterium Dactylosporangium fulvum, works. This promising drug candidate is active against many of the drug-resistant types of the tuberculosis bacterium that no longer respond to treatment with the front-line drug isoniazid. "Nature ...Wednesday, 19 September 2012
New Antibiotic Drug from Soil Bacterium to Treat Drug-resistant TB
A promising new drug is being developed with a natural product secreted by a soil bacterium to treat tuberculosis. A team of scientists working in Switzerland has shown how pyridomycin, a natural antibiotic produced by the bacterium Dactylosporangium fulvum, works. This promising drug candidate is active against many of the drug-resistant types of the tuberculosis bacterium that no longer respond to treatment with the front-line drug isoniazid. "Nature ...
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