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GENETIC ADVANCEMENTS AGAINST THE PLAGUE AND ANTHRAXIn the Oct. 4 issue of "Nature", Julian Parkhill and colleagues at the Sanger Centre in Cambridge, England, have decoded the entire genetic blueprint of Yersinia pestis, the bacteriumthat causes plague. The discovery should one day enable researchers to find ways to disable and defend against the plague bacterium, which since the 6th century has caused three pandemics thatkilled 200 million people.In a separate discovery, researchers at Harvard Medical School report in the October " Current Biology" that they found a gene that makes mice naturally resistant to anthrax. The discovery could lead to the identification of people unlikely to be infected by anthrax and perhaps provide clues to help others resist infection. --> return to menu / back ... (click) --> return to top of the page (click) |
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