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Can Anthrax Be Controlled?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the little-glass-hotels dept.

coolphysco1010 writes "Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin discovered why lung, but not skin, anthrax infections are lethal. Neutrophils, a form of white blood cells, play a key role in anthrax infections. This discovery might now pave the way towards the development of new therapies for the fatal lung form of anthrax."

3 of 112 comments (clear)

  1. Anthrax by The_Abortionist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anthrax is indiscrimate and impersonnal.

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  2. When are people gonna realize that... by where's+alderaan · · Score: -1, Redundant

    this is the best PR stunt ever. Everyone knows that 80's metal band Anthrax has been "keeping the scare alive" in order to self-promote.

  3. moD diown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    startling turn yo0 got there. Or