We have identified an optimized peptide inhibitor that can be used to develop potent anthrax toxin therapeutics. Anthrax toxin, an essential virulence factor of Bacillus anthracis, elicits many of the ...

Scientists believe it came from a reindeer that died of anthrax and was preserved in ice for decades. Once released, the bacterium, which can stay in the ice for more than 100 years, had infected ...

Anthrax Outbreak In Thailand: Deadly Anthrax infection, which is caused by the Bacillus anthracis bacteria, has made a surprising reappearance in Thailand after 30 years. According to the latest ...

These germs were Bacillus anthracis, which had been first observed in the 1850s but not scientifically proven as the organism that caused anthrax. Robert Koch’s microscope, from his time in ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses have died from anthrax poisoning at Africa’s oldest national park. Anthrax, a severe illness most commonly caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, can infect wild animals when ...

Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that kills without question if its toxins reach a host's cells.; A new treatment developed by ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no ...

NEW YORK – Police broadcast a warning today that two glass vials, each containing one billion infectious bacteria had been stolen from a doctor's auto. The vials contained germs of tuberculosis and of ...

Anthrax is a gram positive bacteria which forms spores that are highly-resistant to environmental degradation. It is present across the world, but comes out of dormancy in isolated areas.

Usually, anthrax bacteria enter the human body through a wound in the skin. You can also become infected by eating contaminated meat or inhaling the spores. “Signs and symptoms, ...

Anthrax is a very rare disease, but it can be serious. Learn about the different kinds of anthrax infections and how to get diagnosed if you think you’ve been exposed to the bacteria.

Anthrax, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, is a severe disease that can affect both humans and animals, including wild animals and livestock such as cows, pigs, ...