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Experimental treatment with enzyme protects mice from lethal anthrax infection
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Experimental treatment with enzyme protects mice from lethal anthrax infection

by US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Capsule removal from Bacillus anthracis by treatment with capsule depolymerase (capsule shown in red). Credit: Wilson J. Ribot, USAMRIID Scientists have demonstrated that modifying an enzyme produced by the bacterium that causes anthrax can protect mice from infection with the deadly disease. Their findings, published in...