Every cell carefully builds and positions thousands of proteins that allow it to sense and respond to its surroundings. Even small changes to these proteins often determine whether they work properly ...

Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that kills without question if its toxins reach a host's cells. A new treatment developed by ...

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 ...

Researchers show that a cocktail of growth factors reversed would-be lethal cell damage in mice with anthrax, suggesting that this approach could be adapted for use in patients. Anthrax, an infectious ...

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 ...

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. The bacteria that cause anthrax are called Bacillus ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the "point of no return" after just a few ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hannah Kinzer, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) The bacteria that ...