Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the most serious infectious diseases in the world, accounting for 1.7 million deaths in 2019. Approximately a quarter of the world’s population is infected with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis in latent form. TB is of...
An antioxidant found in the green tea plant could become key to tackling tuberculosis one day, a team of international scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found.
TOPNet (Targeting oxidative phosphorylation for the rational development of sterilizing drug combination for drug-resistant tuberculosis Network) is focused on creating new improved treatments for Tuberculosis (TB). The network is funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) Competitive Research Programme (CRP), Singapore since November 2017. TOPNet is a consortium of experts from the Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU), National University Singapore (NUS) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.