Turmeric, an essential ingredient that spices up a curry, may help fight drug-resistant tuberculosis, new research has found. Turmeric is already used to treat many health conditions and it has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and perhaps even anti-cancer properties, the study pointed out. Researchers have now found that by stimulating human immune cells called macrophages, curcumin – a substance in turmeric — was able to successfully remove Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative bacterium […]