Single host gene may hold key to treating both ebola and anthrax infections

Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 22:56 in Biology & Nature

Research published by Army scientists indicates that a minor reduction in levels of one particular gene, known as CD45, can provide protection against two divergent microbes: the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever and the bacterium that causes anthrax.

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