California lab creates botulism treatment in case of bioterrorism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 11, 2002| Author: Ostrov, Barbara Feder | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Scientists in California's Bay Area have created the first drug that could be cheaply mass-produced to treat botulism, the paralyzing disease caused by a potent toxin on America's short list of bioterrorism threats.

The drug, comprised of manufactured antibodies, has been tested only in mice but could be publicly available in two to four years, said Dr. James Marks, a University of California-San Francisco antibody expert who led the Department of Defe...

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