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...Luciana L Borio, a fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, says anthrax spores survive well once released and “the size of the spores are perfect for inhalation,” she says. That makes it a perfect weapon for bioterrorists...
Collier published a scientific paper in this month’s issue of Nature Biotechnology in which he describes the ability of a protein he discovered to protect rats from anthrax infection. The protein blocks the anthrax toxin’s path into cells...
Borio says the anthrax baccilus is on the “A” list of diseases capable of causing the most harm if unleashed on a human population...
...work of Collier and another Harvard Medical School researcher, Assistant Professor of Genetics William F. Dietrich, focuses on the ways that anthrax enters and destroys cells. Although their research insights are still years away from having clinical benefits for humans, their work has illuminated the molecular aspects of the disease in a way that may eventually be used to fight...
...contrast to Collier’s work, which may have applications for vaccines, Dietrich’s work on anthrax focused on genes that cause cells to resist the toxin. In a paper published in this week’s Current Biology, Dietrich describes two alleles, or versions of a gene, that help mice fight off anthrax infections...