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Published online 3 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050131-12
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Vaccine helps to banish tuberculosis
Mouse results raise hope in fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
A tuberculosis vaccine containing DNA from the bacterium that causes the disease can cure mice when it is combined with drugs, says a team of researchers from Korea.
The therapy offers the hope of a tuberculosis treatment that works more quickly and effectively than current, drug-only methods.
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