IP: Chemical Neutralizes Anthrax Toxin

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Week of Oct. 6, 2001; Vol. 160, No. 14
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> Chemical Neutralizes Anthrax Toxin
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> Nathan Seppa
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> Scientists have created a synthetic compound that disables the toxin
> that makes the bacterial disease anthrax so lethal. Meanwhile,
> another research team has discovered a gene that protects some mice
> against anthrax. These findings could lead to an antidote to the
> anthrax toxin and help clarify the mechanism by which it kills.
>
> Whether the new compound can serve as an antitoxin in people remains
> unclear since the scientists have tested it only in rats, says R.
> John Collier of Harvard Medical School in Boston. Nevertheless, the
> concept of neutralizing anthrax toxin has appeal because the current
> treatments, which target the bacterium, and the vaccine now in use
> have drawbacks.
>
> ...
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> http://www.sciencenews.org/20011006/fob1.asp


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