News24 | Faster tests, shorter treatments: How new tech could help slow down drug-resistant TB
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The health department is looking to start using DNA technology from early next year to check for changes in the genetic make-up of the TB germ which could make it resistant to antibiotics, a presentation by Norbert Ndjeka, the department’s chief TB director, showed on Wednesday at the 8th South African TB Conference in Durban.