Taxol: An Anticancer Drug Taxol (Paclitaxel) is a compound originally isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia). It has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat breast, ovarian, and lung cancers as well as AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. The Mechan...

New Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs Tuberculosis has the highest mortality worldwide among all single infectious diseases. The interaction between tuberculosis and the AIDS epidemic, and the surge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have further compounded the problem. There is no doubt that tuberculosis re...

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Genome In 1998, Cole et al. at Sanger Center, UK published the complete genome sequence of the best-characterized strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, H37Rv. This accomplishment marks the beginning of a new era of research for tuberculosis. What it means is the revolution...

TBFuncGeno: TB Gene Expression Database developed by Pacific TB and Cancer Research ORG(Click icons or texts for access.) MTB Genome Table Instructions ...

Pacific Tuberculosis and Cancer Research - To transform pessimism into optimism is our main challenge. - Contact Us The Pacific Tuberculosis and Cancer Research Organization provides the following resources for TB research. ***Functional genomics database*** For understanding gene functions and role...