Anthrax is a very dangerous disease, mostly because of the
way it interacts with its host body. It
was long hypothesized that the anthrax could trigger an unfavorable immune response
in its host, but it wasn’t known how or exactly what. This response is what Harvard Medical School
researchers sought to discover. Anthrax
itself is caused by a bacteria called Bacillus Anthracis. This bacteria itself
can exist in both a spore state and a vegetative state, both of which are precursors
to full blown anthrax. The spore state isn’t
recognized by the body’s immune system, but the afterward vegetative state
should be, however the team of researchers discovered a mechanism that was used
by the anthrax spores that diffused the bodies’ way of recognizing the vegetative
state of the anthrax. It does this using
an RNA based type 1 interferon, though testing it was even discovered that
anthrax that grew from spores which lacked these RNA coats were far less dangerous
than traditional anthrax.
Anthrax |
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For FDA's information on the Anthrax vaccine here
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