December 31, 2003

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  TB is a major world killer

  
  

   

  
  

  'Super-TB' created by scientists
  

  
  

  A virulent form of tuberculosis was created in the laboratory by experts trying to alter its genetic structure.
  

  The mutant form of the bug multiplied more quickly, and was more lethal than its natural counterpart.

  
  

  Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, US, had actually been trying to disable genes and make the bacterium less deadly.
  

  "This is one of the very few hyper-virulent organisms ever created."

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