http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new broad range antibiotic, developed jointly by scientists at The Rockefeller University and Astex Pharmaceuticals, has been found to kill a wide range of bacteria, including drug-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) bacteria that do not respond to traditional drugs, in mice. The antibiotic, Epimerox, targets weaknesses in bacteria that have long been exploited by viruses that attack them, known as phage, and has even been shown to protect animals from fatal infection by Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that causes anthrax. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-nature-antibiotic-resistance.html Medications Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:00:02 EST news284831058 Federal health officials say they approved a new injectable drug from Human Genome Sciences to treat inhalable anthrax. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-drug-inhaled-anthrax.html Medications Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:33:57 EST news274732426 A team of Cardiff University scientists is leading new research to develop a vaccine against anthrax to help counteract the threat of bioterrorism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-anthrax-vaccine-counteract-world.html Medical research Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:35:27 EST news267096919 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified new targets for drugs that could potentially treat anthrax, the deadly infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-potential-anthrax-drug.html Medical research Wed, 09 May 2012 04:27:34 EST news255756442