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‘Goldilocks’ Gene Could Determine Best Treatment for TB patients

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2012.  Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single ‘Goldilocks’ gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King’s College London, Vietnam and the USA.

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This is one of the first examples in infectious disease of where an individual’s genetic profile can determine which drug will work best for them – the idea of personalised medicine that is gradually becoming familiar in…

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