[The Great Satan]

"Another Possible, Last-Ditch Way of Treating Anthrax"

"An old and discarded treatment"

"anthrax antitoxin has potential"

"multiple case reports as well as experimental studies have documented some benefit of this approach."

"Nass allows that the side effects could be nasty because the anthrax antitoxin would be crude, but that in a pinch it would be better to endure them than face the possibility of death."

"What we obviously need is a fast-track anthrax antitoxin program to get under way and strong support for researchers hoping to eventually produce an effective and safe antidote to anthrax."

This is an interesting article (thank you for bringing to my attention) about a possible avenue to explore in the search for a cure for anthrax. But that is all that it is. You could write such an article about prospective cures for any number of diseases that have plagued mankind for centuries: cancer, arthritis, heart disease, etc. That doesn't mean that we can cure any one of them.

[aristeides]

The article about the antitoxin may use words that are a bow to political correctness about new research, but it says nothing that indicates the antitoxin treatment is ineffective. The serum-sickness complications are undesirable, but, until something better comes along, they should be considered acceptable. The CDC clearly has this view about the botulism antitoxin.

[aristeides]

If you doubt the effectiveness of the antitoxin, please do read Alibek.