The anthrax spores that went missing from the Army's top biological warfare laboratory in 1991 had been sterilized and could not have played a role in last fall's terrorism attacks, a former senior ...

The latest batch of potential anthrax specimens has just arrived on a metal cart in the corridor of the Maryland state microbiology lab. Some are in plastic biohazard bags. Others are in what look ...

FREDERICK, Md. -- Security has improved at an Army laboratory that works with anthrax since the deadly microbes were mailed to two senators, but during much of the 1990s, it was not stringent enough ...

~ Terrorist use of disease agents looms more and more in America's fears. AIRO, Egypt -- The bacteria lie dormant, freeze-dried in sealed ampules, in a refrigerator on a teeming university campus ...

When a terrorist cult released lethal sarin gas in a crowded Tokyo subway in 1995--killing 12 people and making hundreds of others ill--police, fire, and emergency rescue teams rushed to the scene to ...

Anthrax’s virulence relies on AtxA, a key regulator. New research reveals AtxA directly links bacterial sugar intake to toxin production via a protein interaction. Glucose & CO2 levels impact AtxA, ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. While the infection is often treatable in its early stages, once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” ...

Anthrax is a recurring zoonotic disease in Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia, with annual fatalities among animals and affected humans. Gunungkidul district, a major cattle supplier for Yogyakarta, ...