Posted on 01/13/2003 7:48:08 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON - Anthrax, the bioterrorism agent that killed five people in 2001 and has frightened millions more, may be an effective cancer killer, according to new research from the National Institutes of Health.
Genetically engineered anthrax protein -- designed to activate only on contact with a chemical on the surface of malignant tumors -- dramatically reduced and even eradicated cancers in tests on hundreds of mice, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Thanks to the genetic engineering, the anthrax did not poison the mice.
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Well, now Al Qaeda could raise money by selling their stock of Anthrax as cancer-cure. Russian Biopreparat would not be far behind. It could reinvent itself as the Russian Medical Institute of Cancer.:)
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