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- UP Tuberculosis research Programme
In 1994 Prof Jan Verschoor of the University of Pretoria (UP), partnered by Adcock Ingram Limited, initiated the tuberculosis (TB) research programme in the Department of Biochemistry at the University. The South African Medical Research Council, THRIP and the National Research Foundation support this tuberculosis research programme.
- Novel antibiotics by rational drug design
The discovery of new antibiotic drugs is based on the isolation of compounds that are screened for bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic activity. These compounds may either be chemically synthesised or isolated from nature. An additional route to drug discovery is rational drug design.
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