There is good news for all you TB patients. A new drug may soon arrive to cure you of this bacterial disease a lot faster than the available medicines. A recent study published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy has revealed that a new drug called AN12855 can potentially shorten tuberculosis (TB) treatment duration. It has several other advantages over existing drugs including lowering your tendency to develop resistance. Moreover it resides in the tissues where the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (microbes that cause TB) rests for longer. So this new drug will be able to kill this bacterium effectively. According