http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1291 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/anthrax-immunity-gene-found-mice <!--paging_filter--><p>Anthrax is an often fatal disease that is caused by a bacterium. It has been considered a prime biological weapon in the arsenal of terrorists since attacks in the United States in October 2001 and reports elsewhere of anthrax spores being sent through the mail. Harvard Medical School researchers have identified a gene in mice that, in certain forms, renders mice resistant to anthrax. The new findings, which appeared in the October 2001 Current Biology, could aid the effort to defend humans against anthrax in two ways. First, the discoveries could shed light on what happens during the early stages of anthrax infection, and in particular how the lethal toxin released by the bug affects immune cells.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/anthrax-immunity-gene-found-mice">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:16:01 -0400 70652986 3046 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu