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b'COVID isn\\u2019t the only pandemic threat we face. The infectious disease that killed the most people in 2018 wasn\\u2019t malaria or HIV: it was tuberculosis.\\n\\nBecause of antibiotic resistance, a growing number of TB infections can\\u2019t be cured by current methods. Rising fever, chest-pain, coughing up blood \\u2013 without new treatments, this ancient sickness could become a future crisis.\\n\\nBut what if we could treat antibiotic resistant TB with a new drug delivered straight into the lungs by an asthma-puffer style device? \\n\\nThanks to new technology developed by Associate Professor Charlotte Conn, her team at RMIT, and their collaborators in India, this dream cure could become a reality.\\n\\nTechNOW is a podcast about Australian innovations that are shaping the future, thanks to the Global Connections fund \\u2013 a project run by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and supported by the Australian Government.'