Overcoming anthrax bacterium's natural defenses could hold key to new treatments

Army scientists have discovered a way to "trick" the bacterium that causes anthrax into shedding its protective covering, making it easier for the body's immune system to mount a defense. The study, which appears in this month's issue of the journal Microbiology, could lead to new approaches for treating anthrax infection.

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