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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

Ancient deadly disease could be tackled through DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared

Health bosses have vowed to use pioneering DNA testing to tackle the growing threat from tuberculosis.

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain.

The NHS was the first health system in the world to start offering whole genome sequencing (WGS) at scale to predict which antibiotics will work in TB patients.

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