Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin (LT) is a determinant of lethal anthrax. Its function in myeloid cells is required for bacterial dissemination, and LT itself can directly trigger dysfunction of the ...

Combining anthrax toxin proteins and chemotherapy drugs could create a highly effective cancer therapy with the potential to reduce or eliminate tumors, according to new findings that will appear this ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the "point of no return" after just a few ...

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 return” ...

Anthrax has been used around the world as a biological weapon for nearly a century. But what if this deadly toxin could be used to fight cancer and save lives? Researchers at MIT are taking one of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that ...

Shihui Liu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and member of the Aging Institute, a joint venture of Pitt and UPMC Anthrax, an infectious ...

Anthrax, made infamous by a rash of mail attacks after the events of September 2001, can kill if inhaled. Scientists have known that a trio of proteins act together to invade and destroy cells, but ...

Scientists have identified key structures of the anthrax bacterium that, at least in theory, could lead to antitoxins and other therapies for the infection. The research, some of it begun as long as ...

Oedema factor (EF) — a calmodulin-activated adenylyl cyclase — is important in the pathogenesis of anthrax, but the relationship between the structure of EF and its function remains unclear. In ...

The study grew out of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of reported cases of unusually severe illnesses caused by these or other Bacillus species. The researchers did not study ...