Drug-resistant TB defeated by stem cells

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2952, 2014, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Sixteen people in Belarus have been cured of tuberculosis after having their own immune cells multiplied outside their bodies, and given back to them. Before treatment, their infections resisted many TB drugs, so the approach offers hope that such immune tricks could replace the antibiotics that are losing their power against bacteria. But harnessing the immune system won't be easy.