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Q&A: Advocating open source drugs

Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.

12 June 2008 | EN | 中文

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TB or not TB: The threat of bovine tuberculosis

Bovine tuberculosis is no less dangerous to humans than common TB, but relatively little is known about it, reports Natasha Bolognesi.

4 July 2007 | EN | 中文

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Tuberculosis: Facts & figures

Priya Shetty looks at the prevalence and distribution of tuberculosis in the developing world, outlining the truths — and myths — about this disease.

27 June 2007 | EN

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Resistance spreads: malaria in South-East Asia

Jill McGivering and Ed Cropley report on how fake drugs and poor education increase resistance to antimalarials in South-East Asia.

Source: BBC and Reuters

12 June 2007 | EN | 中文

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Power struggles and the fight against TB and HIV

The division between global programmes to fight TB and HIV is undermining the fight against the two diseases — but there are signs of change, reports Apoorva Mandavilli.

Source: Nature Medicine

7 March 2007 | EN | 中文