summary on anthrax

Summary on the above Anthrax article Scientists are making strides that could lead to a cure to the anthrax toxins, and they are helping to clarify the pathways by which it kills. Some scientists have made a synthetic compound to disable that toxin that makes anthrax so deadly. Others have discovered a gene that protects mice against anthrax. The antitoxin has only been tested in rats. And so, scientists aren’t sure if they will …

…problems as well. It can cause side effects. Mr. Liddington, says, “it’s hard to justify vaccinating a whole country against one particular agent of biological terrorism.” However, “A toxin antidote would be mass-produced and kept in storage around the country” says another scientist, Dr. Collier. The scientists are in the process of seeing what the new gene (Kif1C) found in mice, does to protect the mice from the effects of the anthrax toxin.