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Standardization of natural mycolic acid antigen composition and production for use in biomarker antibody detection to diagnose active tuberculosis
(Elsevier B.V., 2016-08)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is characterized by the abundance of species specific, antigenic cell wall lipids called mycolic acids. These wax-like molecules all share an identical, ...
Mycolic acids, a promising mycobacterial ligand for targeting of nanoencapsulated drugs in tuberculosis
(Elsevier, 2015-06-06)
The appearance of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) poses a great challenge to the development
of novel treatment programmes to combat tuberculosis. Since innovative nanotechnologiesmight ...