A need exists for alternate or supplemental treatment modalities, particularly those that neutralize anthrax toxins. The focus has been on passive immunization with monoclonal and polyclonal ...

Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) are closer to developing an oral ...

Caption Anthrax toxins are sequestered from the cell surface (top) in a bubble-like endosome. The toxins have been thought to escape the endosome by threading their way through a hole in the ...

Bacterial pathogens use many strategies to avoid being detected by the host's immune system. New work published in Nature indicates that Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, targets ...

Between 1993 and 1995, Aum Shinrikyo tried as many as 10 times to spray botulinum toxin and anthrax in downtown Tokyo. Just why the attacks failed is unclear, but some experts suspect the cult did ...

This was confirmed in further work using a dominant-negative LRP6 mutant protein lacking most of the cytoplasmic domain, which also proved not only that LRP6 is necessary for toxin lethality and ...

GC Biopharma’s animal test results showed that the vaccine was able to generate antibodies that sufficiently neutralize anthrax toxins, the firm said in a statement released previously.

where they requested that the United States set up production facilities sufficient to produce large amounts of anthrax bacterial spores (called "Agent N") and botulinum toxin ("Agent X").

A need exists for alternate or supplemental treatment modalities, particularly those that neutralize anthrax toxins. The focus has been on passive immunization with monoclonal and polyclonal ...