The Consumer of Humans
For decades, a dearth of scientific research, inadequate treatment and diagnostic tools have slowed progress in the fight to control tuberculosis globally. Scientists have developed important drugs, such as isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide, against the disease. But these drugs must be taken for...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152712 |
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| author | Tsann, Abdullahi |
| author2 | Greenwood, Veronique |
| author_facet | Greenwood, Veronique Tsann, Abdullahi |
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| description | For decades, a dearth of scientific research, inadequate treatment and diagnostic tools have slowed progress in the fight to control tuberculosis globally. Scientists have developed important drugs, such as isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide, against the disease. But these drugs must be taken for several months, are sometimes ineffective, and can cause debilitating side effects. What’s more, if people don’t finish their treatments, it can lead to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a form of the disease that is resistant to two of the four common drugs against TB, or, even more worryingly, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a form of the disease against which broader anti-TB drugs are powerless. Now, advances in immunology, chemistry, and biomolecular engineering are helping scientists to gain better insight into the complex cellular processes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the disease it causes. This could pave the way for the development of innovative diagnostics, vaccines, and new treatments for these tuberculosis superbugs. This thesis examines why tuberculosis kill millions of people till this day and scientists’ best efforts alone can’t win the war. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1527122023-11-03T03:04:51Z The Consumer of Humans Tsann, Abdullahi Greenwood, Veronique Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing For decades, a dearth of scientific research, inadequate treatment and diagnostic tools have slowed progress in the fight to control tuberculosis globally. Scientists have developed important drugs, such as isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide, against the disease. But these drugs must be taken for several months, are sometimes ineffective, and can cause debilitating side effects. What’s more, if people don’t finish their treatments, it can lead to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a form of the disease that is resistant to two of the four common drugs against TB, or, even more worryingly, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a form of the disease against which broader anti-TB drugs are powerless. Now, advances in immunology, chemistry, and biomolecular engineering are helping scientists to gain better insight into the complex cellular processes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the disease it causes. This could pave the way for the development of innovative diagnostics, vaccines, and new treatments for these tuberculosis superbugs. This thesis examines why tuberculosis kill millions of people till this day and scientists’ best efforts alone can’t win the war. S.M. 2023-11-02T20:10:16Z 2023-11-02T20:10:16Z 2023-09 2023-06-08T15:17:33.383Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152712 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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