Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once ...

There are different types of anthrax - cutaneous, inhalation, intestinal and gastrointestinal forms. People get infected either through the skin, lungs or the digestive system, in that order.

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once ...

When B. anthracis enters the body through inhalation, ingestion, injection or contact with skin, it produces two proteins that combine to form lethal toxin. Early on, anthrax can be treated with ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers discovered that a mix of growth factors can rescue cells from late-stage anthrax damage ...

(CNN) -- A police officer and two laboratory technicians who handled a letter sent to NBC News that contained anthrax were exposed ... an NBC News employee the cutaneous (skin) form of the disease.

When B. anthracis enters the body through inhalation, ingestion, injection or contact with skin, it produces two proteins that combine to form lethal toxin. Early on, anthrax can be treated with ...

In Canada, inhalational anthrax exposure would lead to initiation of post-exposure prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin 500mg orally twice daily for 45 to 60 days. In cases of cutaneous exposure with no ...

or skin, anthrax. Investigators in Washington found traces of anthrax on a mail bundling machine in the Ford House Office Building and in the Capitol Police's off-site mail delivery center ...

In Canada, inhalational anthrax exposure would lead to initiation of post-exposure prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin 500mg orally twice daily for 45 to 60 days. In cases of cutaneous exposure with no ...

Results provide proof-of-concept that ERK pathway reactivation might be an effective, biologically based therapy to prevent anthrax-induced lethality.