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‘Miracle man’ wins fight with anthrax – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tampabay.com'Miracle man' wins fight with anthraxMinneapolis Star TribuneDan Anders beat the odds in surviving an anthrax infection. He is shown here with his wife, Anne. Dan Anders and his wife, Anne, were wrapping up a glorious summer vacation when they arrived in Pelican Rapids, Minn., in early August to visit friends. …Early diagnosis, treatment helped Read More »

August 29, 2011
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Single protein, key to ebola virus infection, could aid in drug design

(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Research published by two teams of Army scientists and collaborators has identified a cellular protein that plays a critical role in Ebola virus infection. The findings, published online today in separate studies in the journal Nature, suggest a possible strategy for combating one of the world’s most Read More »

August 25, 2011
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Australian Researchers Create Anti-Botulism Compound

(GSN Daily News) Australian scientists have created and tested a new compound that protects nerve cells from the toxin that causes botulism, opening the way for the development of new countermeasures against the potential bioterrorism agent, a coalition of research institutions announced last week (see GSN, March 1, 2010). Researchers from the University of Newcastle, Read More »

August 25, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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Researchers Find “Key” Used by Ebola Virus to Unlock Cells and Spread Deadly Infection

(PR Newswire) BRONX, N.Y.– Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have helped identify a cellular protein that is critical for infection by the deadly Ebola virus. The findings, published in today’s online edition of Nature, suggest a possible strategy for blocking infection due to Ebola virus, one of the world’s most Read More »

August 25, 2011
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When Anthrax Isn’t Anthrax – Infection Control Today

When Anthrax Isn't AnthraxInfection Control TodayA strain of the bacterium picked up genes that encode the anthrax toxin. Image by Scott Rose. A patient who had symptoms of inhalation anthrax infection and who eventually succumbed to the disease was actually infected by a different bacterial species …and more »