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The essential nutrient can kill drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by producing oxidative radicals that damage DNA. 
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NPR (blog) Key TB vaccine trial fails; more waiting in the wings Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - A highly anticipated study of the first new tuberculosis vaccine in 90 years showed it offered no added benefit over the current vaccine ...
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And that's the way it SHOULD be: a whole pipeline of stuff waiting to go into people. Unlike the South African HIV vaccine development effort....
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I was always a fan of Linus Pauling's "a gram of vitamin C a day keeps the doctor away!" philosophy - and now it appears there may be something to it. Could killing TB REALLY be that simple?? Bill Jacobs, who led the study - certainly thinks so: we got a personal account of the work over dinner in Cape Town recently, and it was seriously exciting.