Anthrax in Medical News

New Drug Fights Anthrax Toxin

Raxibacumab being stockpiled for possible anthrax attack, researcher says,, WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report that experiments in animals show that a new, monoclonal antibody drug might safely cure anthrax poisoning in humans. Although antibiotics can kill the ...

Revisiting the anthrax attacks

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 22 When anthrax was sent through the U.S. Postal Service in 2001, an overwhelming majority of postal workers elected not to be inoculated with the available vaccine because of confusion and distrust, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study. ...

Researchers Pursuing Nasal Anthrax Vaccine

Mice given combination version of immunization survived exposure, study reports,,,, THURSDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- American researchers have developed a nasal spray anthrax vaccine that provides protection against the potentially deadly bacterium, at least in mice. By "deto...

Iomai Wins Department of Defense Grant to Develop a Stable, Patch-Based Anthrax Vaccine

- Grant to Cover Formulation Work, Stability Characterization of Dry-Patch Vaccine - GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI ) today announced it will receive a cost-reimbursement grant for up to $943,856 from the...

Key Anthrax Virulence Factor Discovered

Bacterial nitric oxide protects pathogen from immune system attacks THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have discovered how the anthrax bacterium protects itself from the immune system's biochemical assault. The results reveal not only a novel aspect of anthrax virule...

PharmAthene and Medarex Announce Additional $0.8 Million U.S. Government Appropriation for Continued Development of Anthrax Therapeutic Valortim(TM)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. and PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PharmAthene, Inc. (Amex: PIP ), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, and Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX ), a leading monoclonal antibody company, today announced that...

Nasal Anthrax Vaccine Proves Effective in Animal Study

Though not ready for humans, it offered immunity for at least 6 months FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental nasal anthrax vaccine proved highly effective in tests in mice and guinea pigs, a University of Michigan Medical School study shows. After it was placed inside the animal...

Eleven People Hospitalized in South Africa After Anthrax Scare

Eleven people were admitted to hospital in South Africa on Friday after they came into contact with an envelope suspected to contain anthrax powder, police said. Inspector Juanita Kilian said police had received a complaint from the post office in the district of Alberton, south of Johanne...

Orissa Under Anthrax Threat

Bhubaneswar, June 1 (IANS) Two people in Orissa's Koraput district have died of anthrax, a fairly uncommon disease while many people have been infected by the virus, health officials said Friday. Bisu Sisa, 45 and Nanda Jani, 35, of Koraput district, nearly 500 km from state capital Bhuban...

Physicists Unite To Develop Anthrax Detection Method

Physicists have joined forces to perfect a powerful new weapon in the war on terrorism – a laser technique to identify deadly anthrax spores. //Their results are published in the prestigious journal Science, due to hit newsstands tomorrow. “Our report shows how to use lasers to detect anthrax ...

For an Anthrax Free Smailholm, Decontamination Operation Begins

Remanence of anthrax spores in Smailholm and the border areas has raised the concern of NHS Borders, instigating a decontamination operation// at a village hall where drumming classes were being conducted. NHS Borders have deputed the New York-based specialists Sabre, to look into this matter...

Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

Researchers have found a mechanism that anthrax bacteria use to elude the body’s defenses, which could lead to a drug or therapy// to lessen the effect of anthrax bacterial species Bacillus anthracis if used in a bioterrorism attack. For the last four years, Dr. Rowe Byers, professor of micro...

Site Called Safe Two Years After Anthrax Death

A building vacated by the National Enquirer after an anthrax attack killed a photo editor has been deemed safe, more than two years// after cleanup began, according to federal officials. Bob Stevens, a photo editor for American Media Inc., died in October 2001 after being exposed to anthrax in ...

Probe into Pascal Norris’s death finds initial samples free of anthrax germ

The initial batch of samples collected from the house of anthrax victim Pascal Norris has not tested positive for the disease, health officials report.// The results of the second batch of tests are yet to arrive, which will rest the queries about the source of infection that lent a fatal blow to P...

The Source of Anthrax Spores Traced!

Christopher Norris, aged 50 years old, who hailed from Edinburgh, had died due to anthrax poisoning, contracted from his work on animal skins. // Scrutiny by the NHS revealed that the spores were from a workshop in Northumberland where Mr. Norris allegedly attended classes. The spores were present ...

Cell-Wall Carbohydrate in Anthrax Bacterium Holds Promise for New Vaccines

Athens: It was just weeks following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, when the deadly letters made its way into several offices of the news media and two US senators//. The letters contained a virulent strain of anthrax bacteria, which killed five people and infected 17 others. In a bid to ensuring ...

Finding the Source of Anthrax Attack in United States (2001)

Investigators were quite sure that the pre-meditated anthrax attacks in the United States in 2001 had the imprint of superior military quality anthrax; further investigations revealed that the anthrax used//, belonged to the common variety, though lethal all the same. The FBI has since increased th...

Monoclonal Antibody based system for Anthrax detection

According to Swiss Radio International report, a Swiss research team has developed a simple and highly sensitive testing system for anthrax detection, which is better than// the already existing ones.The report says that the new system can be used to detect anthrax spores that are used in biologica...

Second Anthrax Outbreak hits Western Canada

Canada’s second anthrax outbreak has claimed the lives of at least 234 cattle and other livestock in the Canadian Prairies.// Anthrax is caused by a spore-forming bacterium, shed by an infected animal that had become exposed in soil following flooding or high temperatures. It is often a fatal ...

Farms in Quarantine after Anthrax Outbreak in Saskatchewan

The death of 113 animals associated with the anthrax outbreak has led to the quarantine of about 28 herds in Saskatchewan. Spore-forming bacteria that can spread// among animals through contaminated feed, pasture or soil during grazing cause anthrax. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)...

S.Africa Sets Up Task Team To Investigate Anthrax Outbreak In KNP

South African health authorities have set up a task team to investigate the outbreak of anthrax that has left 15 animals dead in the famous Kruger National Park (KNP) in the past few weeks //. The KNP spokesman Raymond Travers said on Monday that the team would decide on the course of action ...

Killer protein for anthrax bacteria discovered

The term biological weapons is not isolated it has been categorized in A,B and C. A biological agents being the scariest, easy to spread, kill effectively and call for special actions by the pubic health system. // E.g. anthrax. But there is hope by Vince Fischetti’s laboratory at Rockefeller Unive...

FDA Warns VaxGen On Anthrax Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has warned the manufacturers of a new vaccine for anthrax for making false claims about the purity and effectiveness// of the vaccine. VaxGen Inc was accused of inflating the claims based on a few studies, the data for which is not enough for issuing such statements...

After Bird flu its anthrax that scares the wits out of people

The fizz of bird flu had not died when another strikes India. The new demon is anthrax that has gripped Junagadh district // following the death of a cow which was found to be infected with the deadly anthrax bacteria in Dedakiyali village in Menderda taluka. A gigantic drive to vaccinate 50...

Man Arrested For Sending Hundreds Of Anthrax Hoax Letters

Derek Brodie, a 42-year-old man was arrested for mailing thousands of anthrax hoax letters. One of these letters was even mailed to US President George W Bush. He was arrested two days after he allegedly threatened to use a weapon of mass destruction.// The FBI said that the letters were mailed...

Five People Treated For Anthrax In Indonesia

A worrying anthrax outbreak in Makassar, Indonesia, has infected at least five people working in a slaughterhouse, an official stated, reports Jakarta Post // . The human infections came to light after official confirmation that about 30 cows and water buffaloes in Tamangapa subdistrict have die...

New Anthrax Vaccines Will Take time

According to researchers, Americans will probably have to depend on current anthrax vaccines if there is another such biological attack this year Second-generation vaccines are in the works but not ready. There is only one approved anthrax vaccine that's ready to go, approved by the FDA.// The g...

A New Product Offering protection against anthrax

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is scrutinizing the claims made by a Texas businessman// who is promoting a lotion Bio- Germ .According to the claims made by the businessman Allan Lord, he says that his product can give protection from anthrax . The Bio-Germ Protection kits contain skin loti...

New Inhalation Anthrax Vaccine

A new anthrax vaccine may offer a faster and easier way to protect the general population and soldiers at war in the event of // a deadly bioterror attack. Scientists have developed a powdered form of the vaccine that could potentially be inhaled through the nose, thus eliminating needle injections...

Prototype Detector detects Anthrax Quickly

A prototype handheld detector under development at Sandia National Laboratories can identify the fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) of anthrax in less than five minutes. //Sandia's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program supported the work. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by ...

Panacea Biotech To Market Anthrax Vaccine

Panacea Biotech has bagged the registration, production and marketing rights of the anti-anthrax vaccine developed by the Centre for Biotechnology in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). It is expected that the vaccine would be in the market in 3-4 months. The Company has made a milestone payment...

Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

Cipro, Cipro, Cipro. That's been the mantra of the media as dozens of people exposed to anthrax -- and thousands who weren't -- clamor for the potent antibiotic. But if the supply dwindles, doctors say other cheaper and widely available medications can be used, including a previous generation's won...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

Women taking birth control pills should be mindful of the possible interaction between oral contraceptives and the medications recommended by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to treat anthrax. The CDC recently recommended that antibiotic and anti-infective medications, s...

200 Cattle Dead in Zimbabwe Due to Anthrax

Masvingo in Zimbabwe has witnessed the death of 200 cattle due to anthrax in the last two months. Wild buffaloes are thought to have spread the deadly disease to the cattle in the province. // The management of the disease took a beating due to severe shortage of vaccines. Infact, the Governo...

Inhibitor That Blocks Host Receptors Found To be Effective In Treating Anthrax

A team of American and Canadian scientists from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., and the University of Toronto have developed a new anthrax// inhibitor that blocks the host receptors where anthrax toxin attaches in the body. The researchers said that the inhibitor was able to bi...

An alternative vaccine to combat Anthrax

A vaccine researcher at the Saint Louis University published his findings on a better substitute to the currently available anthrax vaccine, this month//. According to peer-reviewed research published in Vaccine this new vaccine could elicit the kind of immune response doctors were looking for. ...

Gujarat Threatened By Anthrax

Anthrax is a disease that affects the cattle. It has created commotion and confusion among the people of Gujarat. The fear of anthrax has gripped Junagadh district following the death of a cow.// This cow was found to be infected with the deadly anthrax bacteria in Dedakiyali village in Menderda ta...

Plant based vaccine for Anthrax

Indian American Scientist Dr. Henry Daniell has produced a safe and effective Anthrax vaccine from genetically modified Tobacco plant. The new gene transfer technique to tobacco plants could help avoid side effects of // inflammation, flu symptoms and rashes involved in conventional anthrax vaccine...

Identifying Predictors Of Anthrax

Quick response to identify and treat people with inhalation anthrax is needed to minimize the effects of a terrorist attack , however distinguishing // someone who has anthrax from someone who just has the flu, pneumonia or another respiratory-related illness is the question that has remained unans...

Effective And Economical Agent For Anthrax

As anthrax and other biological weapons continue to be worrisome threats, common pest control agent called methyl bromide is more effective and cheaper// than current treatments in eradicating deadly bacterial spores from buildings. Tests indicate that the methylbromide - used for more than 50 year...