Korea has developed the world's first recombinant protein-based anthrax vaccine, a major step toward self-sufficiency that ...

South Korea has developed the world's first recombinant protein-based anthrax vaccine, a major step toward self-sufficiency ...

HWASUN, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has developed the world's first recombinant protein-based anthrax vaccine, a major ...

Acurx had work done at the University of Florida to study MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) for anthrax, a Bioterrorism Category A pathogen that, like C. diff, also requires the pol 3c enzyme ...

Thompson said. Anthrax can kill livestock and cause severe illness, even death in humans. “It’s absolutely a risk,” Thompson said. That’s why there are strict rules for anthrax cases.

Spores from anthrax bacteria. Image credit: Everett Collection/shutterstock.com In 1979, a deadly pathogen really did leak out from a lab, killing at least 66 people and many animals nearby.

“The investigation was inspired by growing concerns over the emergence of drug-resistant pathogens,” said the senior author of the study, Patricia Legler, PhD, currently a scientist at the US ...

You may have heard of the 2001 bioterrorist attacks in which spores of the bacteria Bacillus anthracis that cause anthrax were circulated in the mail. People who inhale these spores can get sick ...

During the anthrax attacks of 2001, Oregon Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, center, visits the makeshift East Front office of New York Rep. Gary L. Ackerman, here using the phone, in October 2001.

The animals had died of anthrax, and as their bodies thawed, so did the bacteria. Anthrax spores spread across the tundra. Dozens of people were hospitalized, and a 12-year-old boy died.

How deadly pathogens have escaped the lab — over and over again Research into dangerous viruses and bacteria is important, but for the deadliest pathogens, it’s not clear the benefits are ...

Better prediction of the emergence, spread and evolution of the environmentally transmitted pathogen that causes anthrax is the focus of a National Science Foundation award to the University at ...