Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version
Google

Andhra Pradesh
News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts: Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary |

Andhra Pradesh Printer Friendly Page   Send this Article to a Friend

New drug for TB in 5 years, says expert

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: A new drug that would reduce the treatment duration for tuberculosis from six to two months is expected to be available in five years as some of the formulations were currently undergoing clinical trials.

This was told to reporters by Stewart Cole, director of the Lausanne-based Global Health Institute here on Monday. He said the clinical trials of the drugs which were tested for safety had shown that they don’t cause cancer or toxicity. He stressed the need for the new drugs to be compatible in treating both TB and HIV as 50 per cent of HIV patients in the world have TB. A separate group in his institute was studying the native immunity .

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh

News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts: Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |


News Update

The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | The Hindu ePaper | Business Line | Business Line ePaper | Sportstar | Frontline | Publications | eBooks | Images | Home |

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu