TB bacteria use the body's stem cells to protect themselves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuberculosis kills around 1.7 million people globally each year, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates around a third of the human population carries the disease, which becomes active in 10 percent of affected people. The bacteria causing the disease are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs, and new ways of treating the disease need to be found urgently.

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