Boston subway study finds no plague or anthrax — but plenty of other lifeforms
If you've ever lived in a dense city with a busy subway like New York, Washington or San Francisco (or all three like I have) you probably know enough to be scared of the creatures that inhabit the rumbling underground world. I'm not talking about the smelly guy who stands just a little too close or the chatty […] (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha Tags: animals infectious diseases newsletter Source Type: news
Scientists decode how anthrax toxin proteins might help treat cancerous tumors
Scientists describe how combining engineered anthrax toxin proteins and existing chemotherapy drugs could potentially yield a therapy to reduce or eliminate cancerous tumors. The findings, they note, are based on testing in mice. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anthrax capsule vaccine completely protects monkeys from lethal inhalational anthrax
Vaccination with the anthrax capsule -- a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease -- completely protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to a study. These results indicate that anthrax capsule is a highly effective vaccine component that should be considered for incorporation in future generation anthrax vaccines. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anthrax capsule vaccine completely protects monkeys from lethal inhalational anthrax
(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Vaccination with the anthrax capsule -- a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease -- completely protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to a study published online this week in the journal VACCINE. These results indicate that anthrax capsule is a highly effective vaccine component that should be considered for incorporation in future generation anthrax vaccines. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 27, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NIH scientists decode how anthrax toxin proteins might help treat cancerous tumors
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, all parts of NIH, describe how combining engineered anthrax toxin proteins and existing chemotherapy drugs could potentially yield a therapy to reduce or eliminate cancerous tumors. The findings, based on testing in mice, will appear in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
