Vilchèze C, Hartman T, Weinrick B, and Jacobs W. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is extraordinarily sensitive to killing by a vitamin C-induced Fenton reaction. Nature Communications. 2013 May 21; 4(1881). doi:10.1038/ncomms2898

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Treatment Action Group (TAG) recently released its Spring 2013 issue of tagline, which contains three articles about TB research that might be of interest to you– 1) on rifapentine research and access, 2) on adaptive clinical trial designs, and 3) on pediatric drug

MSF Scientific Day 2013 will be streamed live online from the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK, from 09.00am – 06.00pm (GMT+1) on 10^th May 2013

http://www.msf.org.uk/Scientific_Day.aspx

Press Release from FDA can be found at http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm333695.htm.

Press Release from Janssen is below.

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for SIRTURO™ (bedaquiline) as Part of Combination Therapy to Treat Adults with Pulmonary Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis