Shutterstock April 4, 2022 ‘Host-directed therapy’ could treat infectious diseases – including COVID – and limit drug-resistance Christian Doerig, RMIT University; Genia Burchall, RMIT University; Jack Adderley, RMIT University, and Tayla Williamson, RMIT University Classical antibiotics that directly kill pathogens are prone to elicit drug-resistance. Targeting host enzymes required for pathogen survival offers can limit the emergence of resistance.
One-third of the world’s population is latently infected with the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. shutterstock May 29, 2016 Inflammatory proteins offer insights into how TB spreads in the lungs Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, University of Cape Town and Hlumani Ndlovu, University of Cape Town Scientists have found proteins in the body that promote lung inflammation which helps the bacteria that causes TB to spread throughout the lung.
A pair of lungs infected with TB. shutterstock March 23, 2016 The fight against TB shifts to fixing the immune system, not only bacteria Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, University of Cape Town There is an increasing focus on alternative treatment strategies, developed to treat other diseases and conditions but re-purposed to tackle TB.