Anthrax
Research Bares Secrets Of Anthrax's Killer Toxin
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 18th, 2001
In back-to-back papers in the journal Nature, investigators identify how one part of the toxin gets into cells and how another part turns off one of the cell's major internal switches.
The studies also show how at least one molecule can prevent the toxin from destroying cells. Though still in the laboratory stage, these discoveries offer new ways to investigate potential anthrax treatments. The papers appear in a special advance online publication of the journal.
Several types of anthrax exist, but researchers are most concerned...
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