Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

Interpol defines bioterrorism as “the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, toxins or other harmful ... when letters laced with infectious anthrax were delivered to news and US Congress ...

"But this is hugely significant and should not be brushed under the carpet." The anthrax bacteria produces a toxin which is released into the bloodstream and starves the tissues of oxygen.

Anthrax is highly fatal upon inhalation of spores. The bacteria produce toxins in the blood stream which destroy cells lining blood vessels; resulting in internal bleeding and oozing of non ...

refer to the different forms or preparations of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or its toxins, which are responsible for causing the infectious disease known as anthrax. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease ...

And engineered viruses or toxins that affect only certain ethnic ... Others point out that “traditional” biological agents, such as anthrax, which have undergone extensive trials, pose a ...

1 National Institute for Health Research Oxford Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 National Institute for Health Research Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical ...

The Self-Defense Forces, police and other authorities across Japan have bolstered their abilities to deal with a terrorist ...

The federal government has designated 63 biological agents and toxins, including Ebola virus and anthrax, as having “the potential to pose a severe threat to both human and animal health, to plant ...