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General drugs could kill tuberculosis

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Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Wed, 4 Jul 2018, 8:02AM
A new study has found a range of drugs could kill tuberculosis. (Photo / Getty)

General drugs could kill tuberculosis

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Wed, 4 Jul 2018, 8:02AM

Otago University researchers hope a new discovery will help them treat the world's most deadly infectious disease.

Tuberculosis kills about 1.7 million people every year, with a growing number of people being diagnosed with drug-resistant forms of the disease.

Otago researchers have discovered how TB drugs starve TB viruses of energy.

Researcher Dr Kiel Hards told Tim Dower other medication may be able to perform a similar role.

"There's hints in a lecture that there's some similar effects in many, many other drugs like general drugs for other bacteria."

LISTEN TO DR KIEL HARDS TALK WITH TIM DOWER ABOVE

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