News tagged with anthrax bacteria
Researchers reveal SBP8a configurations
A new study has shown previously unseen details of an anthrax bacteriophage — a virus that infects anthrax bacteria — revealing for the first time how it infects its host, and providing an initial blueprint for ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Now, the story can be told -- how scientists helped ID 'Amerithrax'
(PhysOrg.com) -- It took nearly a decade before University of Maryland researchers were allowed to talk about their work identifying the anthrax strain used in the 2001 deadly letter attacks. But now, they ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Scientists show how anthrax bacteria impair immune response
Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined a key mechanism by which Bacillus anthracis bacteria initiate anthrax infection despit ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Biologists use fruit flies to reveal secrets of how anthrax kills
Two groups of researchers at UC San Diego have found an explanation for a longstanding mystery of how two very different toxins from anthrax bacteria work together to disrupt essential cell functions during ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Overcoming anthrax bacterium's natural defenses could hold key to new treatments
Army scientists have discovered a way to "trick" the bacterium that causes anthrax into shedding its protective covering, making it easier for the body's immune system to mount a defense. The study, which appears in this ...
May 18, 2010 |
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Better immune defense against anthrax
Scientists discover a gene in anthrax-causing bacteria may help defend against this form of bio-warfare.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Anthrax bacteria conspire with viruses to stay alive
(PhysOrg.com) -- The brute force of Bacillus anthracis, the ancient scourge that causes anthrax, can sweep through and overpower a two-ton animal in under 72 hours. But when it isn't busy claiming livestock and hu ...
Aug 12, 2009 |
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