New finding points way to foiling anthrax's tricks
... which siderocalin binds. Anthrax is a potential bioweapon because it is nearly always fatal when inhaled. Its long-lived spores grow rapidly in the lungs, leading to breathing problems and shock within days. While a vaccine is available, there is no effective treatment. The bacteria succeed by forming cap......lity that terrorists could somehow modify flu as a bioweapon to make it even more lethal than it is already. Among the highlights of this week's two-day symposium, hosted by the University of Rochester Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling, is a lecture by Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty, Ph.D., an expert on ...... prospect of terrorists mail-ordering genes forkey bioweapon agents such as smallpox, and using them to engineer new and deadly pathogens. Customers typically submit sequences by email or via a form available on a company's website. The companies then construct the specified genes and mail them back a few week...