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Nanomedicine could revolutionise the way we treat TB. Here’s how

A health technician analyses blood samples for tuberculosis testing in a high-tech tuberculosis lab in Carabayllo in Lima, Peru May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

At present, TB patients have to take multiple pills a day, often with significant side effects. Image: REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

Admire Dube
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Western Cape
Sarah D'Souza
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Tuberculosis Nanomedicine Research Group, University of the Western Cape
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