News tagged with anthrax infection


FDA approves new drug for inhaled anthrax

Federal health officials say they approved a new injectable drug from Human Genome Sciences to treat inhalable anthrax.

Medications created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Natural killer cells could be key to anthrax defense

One of the things that makes inhalational anthrax so worrisome for biodefense experts is how quickly a relatively small number of inhaled anthrax spores can turn into a lethal infection. By the time an anthrax victim realizes ...

Medical research created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How the immune system fights back against anthrax infections

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have uncovered how the body's immune system launches its survival response ...

Medical research created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast