Targeted Therapies - A Promising Cure for TB, the Leading Deadliest Infectious Diseases Worldwide

We all know how COVID-19 took the world by a storm,but there has been an old but consistent contender that has now even surpassed COVID-19 to claim the title of Deadliest infectious disease. This is none other than our very well known Tuberculosis which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Though TB is curable with standard course of antibiotics there is still a rising need for targeted therapies in order to reduce the risk the mortality rate. This article discusses about the different targeted therapies that could possibly be more effective than the traditional treatment methods .