This was confirmed in further work using a dominant-negative LRP6 mutant protein lacking most of the cytoplasmic domain, which also proved not only that LRP6 is necessary for toxin lethality and ...

Bacterial pathogens use many strategies to avoid being detected by the host's immune system. New work published in Nature indicates that Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, targets ...

Caption Anthrax toxins are sequestered from the cell surface (top) in a bubble-like endosome. The toxins have been thought to escape the endosome by threading their way through a hole in the ...

A need exists for alternate or supplemental treatment modalities, particularly those that neutralize anthrax toxins. The focus has been on passive immunization with monoclonal and polyclonal ...

A need exists for alternate or supplemental treatment modalities, particularly those that neutralize anthrax toxins. The focus has been on passive immunization with monoclonal and polyclonal ...

Between 1993 and 1995, Aum Shinrikyo tried as many as 10 times to spray botulinum toxin and anthrax in downtown Tokyo. Just why the attacks failed is unclear, but some experts suspect the cult did ...

By the time of the Gulf War cease-fire in 1991, however, Iraq had weaponized anthrax, botulinum toxin, and aflatoxin and had several other lethal agents in development. Inspectors from the U.N ...

Longtime Marvel fans likely caught this detail and connected it back to the comic book character, Toxin. Of course, with Venom: The Last Dance upon us — and the trailers revealing more about ...

Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that fight.

The recent anthrax scares on Kaua’i didn’t mark the first time the disease made headlines on the island. Nearly 100 years ago, cattle in the North Shore area, particularly at Princeville Ranch ...

or the toxins such organisms produce, to do harm. Examples include the weaponisation of infectious pathogens, such as anthrax or smallpox. Even small amounts can be very dangerous. For instance ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Anthrax was confirmed in a group of cattle at a South Dakota auction market, according to the SD Animal Industry Board Wednesday. According to a news release ...