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Tuberculosis-specific PET tracer could enable more effective treatment

31 Jul 2024
FDT-PET/CT scans of non-infected and TB-infected marmoset lungs
TB-specific scan A–C: FDT-PET/CT scan of a non-infected marmoset lung. D–F: FDT-PET/CT scan of a representative marmoset lung infected with TB pathogen; lesions are indicated by orange arrows. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Nature Communications 10.1038/s41467-024-48691-6)
In 2022, more than 10.5 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) and an estimated 1.3 million

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