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12-09-2006, 08:27 AM
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 New Finding Points Way To Foiling Anthrax's Tricks New Finding Points Way To Foiling Anthrax's Tricks Anthrax, when inhaled, is nearly always fatal, in part because the bacteria have a very effective way of stealing iron from human cells to reproduce. This involves two molecules, siderophores, that compete with the body's own iron-transport molecules. UC Berkeley researchers have now found that humans produce a protein that sidelines one of these siderophores, but not the other. A drug that blocks the second siderophore should be able to stop anthrax in its tracks.        |
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