During the war, Churchill had ordered British scientists to develop biological weapons fearing the Nazis were doing the same ...

Gruinard Island - or as it is better known "Anthrax Island" - lies off the north west coast of Scotland. It became the centre ...

Kim Gab Jung (right), director general of the KDCA's Department of Disease Diagnosis and Analysis, on July 1 answers ...

South Korea has developed the world's first recombinant protein-based anthrax vaccine, a major step toward self-sufficiency ...

GC Biopharma announced that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) approved BARYTHRAX, the world’s first recombinant anthrax vaccine. Co-developed with the Korea Disease Control and ...

Korea has developed the world's first recombinant protein-based anthrax vaccine, a major step toward self-sufficiency that could also open export markets for the new vaccine with fewer side effects, ...

Learn more about existing and recent developments in anti-toxin antibodies designed to protect against inhaled anthrax.

The recent advances in basic and applied research of medical countermeasures against inhalation anthrax have been remarkable. Since 2001, the US government has made more than US$40 billion ...

Anthrax uses a receptor on the surface of cells to inject its lethal toxins. However, the physiological function of this receptor, named Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2a (Antxr2a), remained unknown until ...

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 ...

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 ...