Health
Solving a mystery: How the TB bacterium develops rapid resistance to antibiotics – EurekAlert
These slow growing bacteria have long puzzled TB researchers with their fairly rapid resistance to antibiotics. Researchers may have been barking up the wrong tree…
IMAGE: DNA methylation in the epigenetic domain holds the key to why the TB bacterium develops fairly rapid antibiotic resistance.
view more
Credit: SDSU
For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled researchers as to how it develops resistance to antibiotics so quickly, in a matter of weeks to months.
Now, TB researchers at San Diego State University have uncovered a crucial clue to the mystery:…
-
Noosa News5 hours agoMan charged over allegedly abandoning Arnie the German shepherd in car after claiming dog and vehicle were stolen
-
Noosa News6 hours agoMotorcyclist dies in crash with truck
-
Noosa News20 hours agoPolice officer who tracked Toyah Cordingley’s phone gives evidence at Rajwinder Singh’s murder trial
-
General20 hours agoARIA Awards 2025 winners: Amyl & The Sniffers and Ninajirachi dominate