Aspirin to fight an expensive global killer infection

(Centenary Institute) Tuberculosis is far from eradicated around the world and still infects more than 1,400 people per year in Australia. Antibiotic resistant tuberculosis is particularly deadly and expensive to treat, costing up to $250,000 to treat a single case in Australia. Scientists at the Centenary Institute have been working on new ways to treat tuberculosis by increasing the effectiveness of the immune system.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news