Reasonable Rascal
05-31-02, 20:26
New York Times/Associated Press
May 31, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Anthrax-Antidote.html
“An experimental anthrax antidote has protected rats injected with the bacterium's deadly toxin, researchers found. University of Texas researchers say they've genetically engineered a mouse protein that offers an anthrax toxin a more attractive docking site than its usual target of healthy blood cells. ‘This looks like the most promising
antitoxin under development,’ said Dr. Robert Liddington, who studies the poison's atom-by-atom structure at the Burnham Institute in San
Diego. ‘Certainly, if I had late-stage anthrax I'd pump some of these antibodies into my body.’ The research targets that late stage, which is
beyond treatment and often fatal. Anthrax infection can be treated with antibiotics early on, but victims rarely know they are infected until it's too late to save them. By then, the anthrax bacteria have flooded the bloodstream with three deadly toxins, and killing the germs with
antibiotics may not help much, because the damage is already done.”
May 31, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Anthrax-Antidote.html
“An experimental anthrax antidote has protected rats injected with the bacterium's deadly toxin, researchers found. University of Texas researchers say they've genetically engineered a mouse protein that offers an anthrax toxin a more attractive docking site than its usual target of healthy blood cells. ‘This looks like the most promising
antitoxin under development,’ said Dr. Robert Liddington, who studies the poison's atom-by-atom structure at the Burnham Institute in San
Diego. ‘Certainly, if I had late-stage anthrax I'd pump some of these antibodies into my body.’ The research targets that late stage, which is
beyond treatment and often fatal. Anthrax infection can be treated with antibiotics early on, but victims rarely know they are infected until it's too late to save them. By then, the anthrax bacteria have flooded the bloodstream with three deadly toxins, and killing the germs with
antibiotics may not help much, because the damage is already done.”