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Anthrax
Research on anthrax discussed by scientists at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
November 9th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, "The anthrax lethal toxin neutralization assay (TNA) will likely be used to correlate the protection offered by new anthrax vaccines in animal models to the immunogenicity that will be provided in humans. TNA data are being generated in several different laboratories to measure the immune responses in rabbits, nonhuman primates, and humans." "In order to compare data among species and laboratories, a collaborative study was conducted in which 108 samples from the three species were analyzed in seven independent laboratories. Six of the seven laboratories had participated in an...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2008-11-09)
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