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New Tuberculosis Data Have Been Reported by Scientists at Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 28th, 2011

2011 DEC 28 -- Research findings, "Inhaled drug therapy for treatment of tuberculosis," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of recent research from Lucknow, India, "The lungs have received attention as a portal for drug delivery in tuberculosis (TB) from researchers addressing diverse objectives. These include: (a) targeting alveolar macrophages that harbour TB bacilli; (b) maintaining high drug concentrations in lung tissue; © systemic delivery of potent or second-line anti-TB agents; and (d) delivering agents that may change the host-pathogen dialectic."

"Formulation design considerations for each of the above objectives differ in...

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