Iron compounds synthesised to combat tuberculosis
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 17:03
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers from Spain and Latin America have synthesised two iron compounds that inhibit the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Due their low level of toxicity in mammel cells, the compounds could be used in the future as therapeutic agents and hospital disinfectants...