Killing infected cells as a mechanism to eradicate tuberculosis

结核病的病原体结核分枝杆菌（Mtb）正迅速对所有抗生素产生耐药性，这种疾病每年导致100多万人死亡。这突出表明迫切需要为这种疾病开发新的治疗方法。我们正在开发一种疗法，可以杀死被结核分枝杆菌感染的细胞，可能有助于根除感染。这种高度新颖的结核病治疗方法将对感染这种病原体的20亿人产生深远影响。

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of TB, is rapidly becoming resistant to all antibiotics and this disease kills more than one million people each year. This underscores the urgent need to develop new treatments for this disease. We are developing a therapy that kills Mtb infected cells and may help to eradicate infection. This highly novel approach to the treatment of TB would have profound implications for the 2 billion people infected with this pathogen.