Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
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With increasing resistance to existing antibiotics, developing countries face a serious challenge in safeguarding their populations' health against killer diseases such as TB and typhoid fever.
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Opinions and Analysis
Biomed Analysis: End complacency on drug resistance
Controversy has pressed India into action to tackle antibiotic resistance. Now other countries must do the same, says Priya Shetty.
21 April 2011
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BioMed Analysis: Joining forces against TB
A partnership involving the US Food and Drug Administration may speed up delivery of new tuberculosis drug combinations, says Priya Shetty.
News and Features
Sleeping sickness drug resistance mechanism identified
A genetic screening study may help design better sleeping sickness drugs and avoid growing drug resistance.
15 February 2012
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China signs agreement to produce new TB vaccines
China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.
India faces totally drug-resistant TB
19 January 2012
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