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30 Mar 2010
by Working Group

Posted in Front Lines of TB R&D

This Week in TB R&D – 30 March 2010

The use of animal models for drug discovery is indisputable. However, the use of animal models as viable diagnostic tools is still relatively novel, especially for TB detection.

16 Mar 2010
by Nick Be

Posted in Front Lines of TB R&D

This week in TB R&D – 16 March 2010

When studying an infection it’s important to have access to a model for examining the progression of disease.  In tuberculosis research, such model systems range from mice to guinea pigs to primates, with many species in between.  Lalita Ramakrishnan has spent much of her career studying a more distinct (and less furry) model:  Danio rerio, [...]