The spores of a microbe closely related to anthrax swell with increasing humidity - a physical change that might allow quick and cheap detection of Bacillus spores like anthrax, according to ...

In the age-old battle between man and microbe, it pays to know your enemy. This is especially true for Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax. Tiny spores of this highly infectious ...

Researchers from Harvard Medical School have discovered that the body's immune system initially detects the presence of anthrax spores by recognizing RNA molecules that coat the spores' surface. But ...

For many years, emergency service terrorism training programs have warned about the potential use of biological materials by terrorists. Anthrax threats had become the bomb threats of the late 1990s ...

A state of emergency has been imposed throughout the region due to the outbreak, the first of its kind since 1941. The outbreak is being blamed on the unusually high temperatures the region has ...

The year’s first case of anthrax in North Dakota’s cattle herd has been identified in Stark County. Anthrax is caused by the naturally occurring bacteria Bacillus anthracis and it can lie dormant in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For the most part, anthrax is a zoonotic infection, and humans are incidental hosts. Human infection is ...

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 the ...