Anti TB find
the Union government recently announced that Indian scientists had achieved "the first success in developing a new therapeutic molecule for tuberculosis (tb) treatment since the discovery of rifampicin in 1963'. While the discovery of the new chemical compound is a reality, Union Science and technology minister Kapil Sibal went overboard in claiming its uniqueness. A team of us scientists had identified a series of compounds with similar effects way back in 2000. These compounds contained a chemical
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